Chapter 11 Flashcards
Self-recognition
Identification of the self as a physically unique being
Social cognition
How children come to understand their multifaceted social world
Scale errors
Attempting to do things that their body size makes impossible
Categorical self
Classification of oneself on the basis of perceptually distinct attributes and behaviors- age, gender, physical characteristics
Remember self
An autobiographical memory in a narrative
Enduring self
A view of themselves as persisting over time
Inner self
Of private thoughts and imaginings
Perspective talking
The capacity to imagine what others might be thinking and feeling and to distinguish those viewpoints from ones own
Desire theory of mind
People always act in ways consistent weir desires and do not realize that less obvious, more interpretive mental states, such as beliefs, also affect behavior
Believe-desire theory of mind
A more advanced view in which both beliefs and desires determine actions
Self-concept
The set of attributes, abilities, attitudes, and values that an individual believes defines who he or she is
Social comparisons
Judgements of their own appearance, abilities, and behavior in relation to those of others
Generalized other
A blend of what we imagine important people in our lives think of us
Self-esteem
The judgements we make about our own worth and the feelings associated with those judgements
Attributions
Are our common, everyday explanations for the cause of behavior-our answers to the question. Why did I or another person do that?
Achievement motivation
The tendency to persist at challenging tasks
Mastery-oriented attributions
Crediting their successes to ability
Incremental view of ability
That it can increase through effort
Learned helplessness
Attribute their failures, not their successes, to ability. When they succeed they are likely to attribute it to luck
Attribution retraining
Encourages learned helplessness children to believe that they can overcome failure by exerting more effort
Identity
Involves defining who you are, what you value, and the directions you choose to pursue in life
Person perception
Refers to the way we size up the qualities of people with whom we are familiar
Social problem solving
Generating and applying strategies that prevent or resolve disagreements, resulting in outcomes that are both acceptable to others and beneficial to the self
