Self Identity Flashcards
What is a social-cognitive developmental trend
Children revise their ideas about the causes of behaviour from simple explanations to more complex relationships
As babies feel and watch their own bodies move and feel and hear themselves cry, they experience intermodal matches that support the beginnings of ____________
self-awareness
Children become consciously aware of their own physical features at what age?
during the second year
What leads to the development of an autobiographical memory
Talking about past events with adults
What is the remembered self
Autobiographical memory
Give an example of an enduring self
A four year old identifies a video of him as me
Preschoolers capacity for belief-desire reasoning in evidence on tasks that test _______
false belief
What is the belief-desire theory of mind
Understanding that beliefs and desires determine actions
What predicts ability to pass false belief tasks
Exposure to mental-state words.
How do school age children describe their self identity
Usually through social comparisons
What is a generalised other
What we imagine that other people think we are
How does personal description vary between cultures
Children from individualist cultures are more likely to list more personal preferences, skills and attributes
What is a categorical self
3-5 years - classification on the basis of age, gender, goodness and badness etc
From 6 - 10 years what is the way children describe themselves
Social comparisons,
What child-rearing practice promotes a healthy secure self image
Encouraging children to strive for worthwhile goals
