Self Concept Flashcards
William James Self Concept
“I” self and “Me” self, The I self being the knower, the internal reviewer or critique, the Me self being the person carrying out the actions and includes the material me, the social me, spiritual me
self concept of toddler
Gaze
self concept of toddlerhood
body control and pronouns
self concept of early childhood
observable descriptions, unrealistic abilities
self concept of middle childhood
realistic abilities, social comparisons
self concept of late childhood
others perceptions, values
self concept of early adolescence
conflicting, abstract descriptors, egocentrism
self concept of late adolescnece
higher order processing, integrated abstract descriptors
What is identity?
An external understanding formed by memberships of clubs etc
An internal sense of who someone is, what they value, pursuits, how driven they are etc
What are the four domains of identity formation and exploration
Identity foreclosure - formed and not searching
moratorium - searching and not settled
identity achievement - searching and settled on one
diffusion - not settled and not searching
What are the four domains of ethnic identity
Achieved integration - Sense of ethnic and national identity
Separation - sense of ethnic identity but not national
Marginalisation, diffuse - lack of national and ethnic identity
Assimilation - National identity without ethnic identity
