HARTER'S SELF DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT Flashcards
Psychologist, author and professor, She detailed the emergence of self-concept
Dr. Susan Harter
SELF is described in terms of trait like constructs that would require the type of hierarchical organizational skills characteristic of logical thought development.
MIDDLE - LATER CHILDHOOD
The child describes the SELF in terms of concrete, observable characteristics:
EARLY CHILDHOOD
SELF is described in terms of more abstract self-definitions such as Inner Thoughts, Emotions, Attitudes, Motives
ADOLESCENCE
have the ability to construct higher order abstractions and the capacity for introspection (self-examination).
ADOLESCENCE
have a vision of their POSSIBLE SELF.
Age of Possibility, is a Time of “Grand Dreams”
EMERGING ADULTS