Chapter 11 Flashcards
self concept
attitudes, behaviours and values that a person believes makes them unique
when does self concept begin
18-24 months
adolescent egocentrism
self absorption that marks teenage search for identity
imaginary audience
many adolescents feel they are actors whose performance is being watched by their peers
personal fable
teens self tendency to believe their experiences and feelings are unique, believing nobody has ever felt or thought as they do
illusion of vulnerability
belief that misfortune only happens to others
what are the 4 different phases of status that adolescents experience?
diffusion
foreclosure
moratorium
achievement
diffusion
confused or overwhelmed by task of achieving an identity and are doing little to achieve one
foreclosure
have an identity determined by adults rather than from personal exploration of alternatives
moratorium
still examining different alternatives and have yet to find a satisfactory identity
achievement
explored alternatives and have deliberately chosen a specific identity
as we age, do achievement and moratorium become more common?
yes
does identity status take longer for recent generations?
yes
who is more likely to achieve an identity?
people who are open to experience and agreeable
ethnic identity
feel a part of their ethnic group and learn special customs/traditions of their groups culture and heritage
enculturation
degree of integration within a culture
acculturation
process of integrating into and adopting customs of a different culture
as teens become more independent, relationship with parents become ____
egalitarian
who is most prone to depression? (2)
adolescent girls
and those who can’t regulate emotions
self esteem
persons judgement and feelings about their own worth
4 areas of self esteem
scholastic competence
athletic competence
social competence
physical appearance
scholastic competence
how smart a child feels in doing schoolwork
athletic competence
how competent child feels at sports and games requiring physical skill
social competence
how competent child feels in relationships with parents/peers
physical appearance
how good looking child feels and how much they like they physicality
at what time is self esteem greatest?
preschool
2 MAIN sources of self esteem
heredity/genes
child’s competence in domains that are important to them
what are selmans stages of perspective taking
undifferentiated social informational self reflective third person societal
what age is the undifferentiated stage
3-6
undifferentiated stage
children know self and others have different thoughts/feelings but they confuse the 2
what age is social informational stage
4-9
social informational stage
know that perspectives differ because people have access to different information
what age is self reflective stage
7-12
self reflective stage
can step into another persons shoes and view themselves as others might
what age is third person stage
10-15
what age is societal stage
14-adult
third person stage
children and adolescents can step outside immediate situation to see how they and another person are viewed by 3rd person
societal stage
adolescents realize third persons perspective is influenced by broader personal, social, cultural contexts
recursive thinking
“he thinks that she thinks..”
what age is recursive thinking
5-6 years
what does SPPC measure
self worth in kids
