Chapter 14 Flashcards
What is self-concept?
The basis of self-understanding
- Answering the question, who am I?
Self-awareness evolves in large part through…
social interactions
Cooley (1902) introduced the ______ - ________ self. Name and define.
Looking-Glass self = self as an outcome of people’s assumptions about how others view them
When does self-concept begin to develop?
Infancy → child distinguishes between body and everything else, recognizes boundaries exist
- cannot recognize a photo of themselves until 2 yrs old
What are the first two aspects of self that people learn to identify and associate with themselves?
Sex and age
From ages 3-12, children focus on what aspect of self?
Interests and talents, work on developing them
From 5 years old onwards, children begin to engage in what?
social comparison = compare developed skills to those of others
- also begin to lie and keep secrets, discover private self-concept = hidden self
When does the looking self develop?
Teen years – this is when we gain perspective of how we appear to others
What is objective self-awareness?
seeing yourself as an object of others’ attention
What is self-concept?
a framework for understanding that guides how people process information about themselves
What is a self-schema?
cognitive representation of self-concept
What is a self-schemata?
Different from the schema, looking at possible selves = describes the many ideas people have about who they might become, who they hope to become, or who they will become
Define actual self.
who people believe they are
ideal self
one’s perception of who they should and would like to become
ought self
the self that is concerned with being who others want them to be