Self psychology

Question 1

Self-consciousness

Answer 1

• awareness of distinct self, compared to other objects in the environment
• only humans possess full self-consciousness

Question 2

Self-image

Answer 2

description of one’s social roles, personality traits and physical characters

Question 3

Self-esteem

Answer 3

personal judgement of worthiness expressed in the attitudes one holds towards oneself

Question 4

Ideal self

Answer 4

represents what we would like ourselves to be

Question 5

Theory of looking glass self

Answer 5

by Cooley

-suggests that like a mirror others around us reflect our self image

Question 6

Touching the dot experiments

Answer 6

• Gallup
• only higher primates and humans older than 20 months
• a red dot is placed unknowingly on the face of a child. The child starts touching its face to explore the dot when a mirror is shown
• this phenomenon does not occur less than 15 months of age
• self recognition occurs at 18-20 months