HC.1

Question 1

Describe the social actor

Answer 1

• shaped by temperament and social interactions
• they start to recognize themselves in mirrors
• a growing sense of self as an actor whose performances are evaluated by others
• they get social roles such as a parent, worker, citizen, spouse

Question 2

Describe the motivated agent

Answer 2

• basic understanding of agency around 1 year old
• age 4: desires, goals
• 5-7: more autonomous moral agents and develop a planful, goal-oriented perspective on life
• 8-9: define and evaluate themselves based on their experiences in various social contexts
• the me is extended into the future

Question 3

Describe the autobiographical author

Answer 3

• the self takes on the role of an autobiographical author and the me becomes the subject of the story
• the self-stories aim to integrate the reconstructed past, the experiences present and the imagined future
• autobiographical memory
• autobiographical reasoning: articulate meaning of the personal memories
• multiple events > 1 cause

Question 4

Describe 3 problems of the self

Answer 4

1. self-regulation and the social actor:
   - control one’s behavior
2. self-esteem and the motivated agent
   - they are going to compare themselves and their goal-oriented achievements with others
3. self-continuity and the autobiographical author
   - how the self aims to maintain or discern a sense of continuity with respect to the past, present, and future