Chapter 11

Question 1

self concept

Answer 1

attitudes, behaviours and values that a person believes makes them unique

Question 2

when does self concept begin

Answer 2

18-24 months

Question 3

adolescent egocentrism

Answer 3

self absorption that marks teenage search for identity

Question 4

imaginary audience

Answer 4

many adolescents feel they are actors whose performance is being watched by their peers

Question 5

personal fable

Answer 5

teens self tendency to believe their experiences and feelings are unique, believing nobody has ever felt or thought as they do

Question 6

illusion of vulnerability

Answer 6

belief that misfortune only happens to others

Question 7

what are the 4 different phases of status that adolescents experience?

Answer 7

diffusion
foreclosure
moratorium
achievement

Question 8

diffusion

Answer 8

confused or overwhelmed by task of achieving an identity and are doing little to achieve one

Question 9

foreclosure

Answer 9

have an identity determined by adults rather than from personal exploration of alternatives

Question 10

moratorium

Answer 10

still examining different alternatives and have yet to find a satisfactory identity

Question 11

achievement

Answer 11

explored alternatives and have deliberately chosen a specific identity

Question 12

as we age, do achievement and moratorium become more common?

Answer 12

yes

Question 13

does identity status take longer for recent generations?

Answer 13

yes

Question 14

who is more likely to achieve an identity?

Answer 14

people who are open to experience and agreeable

Question 15

ethnic identity

Answer 15

feel a part of their ethnic group and learn special customs/traditions of their groups culture and heritage

Question 16

enculturation

Answer 16

degree of integration within a culture

Question 17

acculturation

Answer 17

process of integrating into and adopting customs of a different culture

Question 18

as teens become more independent, relationship with parents become ____

Answer 18

egalitarian

Question 19

who is most prone to depression? (2)

Answer 19

adolescent girls

and those who can’t regulate emotions

Question 20

self esteem

Answer 20

persons judgement and feelings about their own worth

Question 21

4 areas of self esteem

Answer 21

scholastic competence
athletic competence
social competence
physical appearance

Question 22

scholastic competence

Answer 22

how smart a child feels in doing schoolwork

Question 23

athletic competence

Answer 23

how competent child feels at sports and games requiring physical skill

Question 24

social competence

Answer 24

how competent child feels in relationships with parents/peers

Question 25

physical appearance

Answer 25

how good looking child feels and how much they like they physicality

Question 26

at what time is self esteem greatest?

Answer 26

preschool

Question 27

2 MAIN sources of self esteem

Answer 27

heredity/genes

child’s competence in domains that are important to them

Question 28

what are selmans stages of perspective taking

Answer 28

undifferentiated 
social informational
self reflective
third person
societal

Question 29

what age is the undifferentiated stage

Answer 29

3-6

Question 30

undifferentiated stage

Answer 30

children know self and others have different thoughts/feelings but they confuse the 2

Question 31

what age is social informational stage

Answer 31

4-9

Question 32

social informational stage

Answer 32

know that perspectives differ because people have access to different information

Question 33

what age is self reflective stage

Answer 33

7-12

Question 34

self reflective stage

Answer 34

can step into another persons shoes and view themselves as others might

Question 35

what age is third person stage

Answer 35

10-15

Question 36

what age is societal stage

Answer 36

14-adult

Question 37

third person stage

Answer 37

children and adolescents can step outside immediate situation to see how they and another person are viewed by 3rd person

Question 38

societal stage

Answer 38

adolescents realize third persons perspective is influenced by broader personal, social, cultural contexts

Question 39

recursive thinking

Answer 39

“he thinks that she thinks..”

Question 40

what age is recursive thinking

Answer 40

5-6 years

Question 41

what does SPPC measure

Answer 41

self worth in kids