approaches to self Flashcards
(23 cards)
The way a person sees, understands, and defines himself or herself.
self concept
How you feel about yourself
self esteem
how you present yourself to others
self identity.
what are the three main concepts of the self?
self-concept, self-esteem, and social identity.
Liking ones concept is high _______
sele-esteem
In normal children, self recognition with the dot and mirror test occurs on average at the age of
18 months
only children who exhibited self recognition in the mirror were capable of ___ ____
pretend play
When do the beginings of self esteem develop
around 2 years
social comparison begins in children at around
5-6
only children who exhibited self recognition could pretend play. t or f?
true
children do not begin to use personal pronouns until?
they gain self-recognition ablities
between 2 and 3 chidren expand their self concept to include age, sex and ?
refrences to family.
from age 3-12 self concepts are based mainly on
developing talents and skills.
age 5-6 self concept is based on
comparison of skills and abilites with others
the evaluation of oneself or ones performance in terms of a comparison with a reference group
social comparison
5-6 years develope a private self which is…
when children realise there is a hidden side to the self and they can lie and keep secrets.
The extent to which one perceives oneself as relatively close to being the person one wants to be and/or as relatively distant from being the kind of person one does not want to be, with respect to person-qualities one positively and negatively values
self esteem
the specific knowledge structure, or cognitive representation, of the self-concept. Self-schemas are the network of associated building blocks of the self-concept.
self-schema
the self that a person wants to be
ideal self
a persons understanding of what others want them to be
ought self
A general evaluatio of self-concept elements along with a good-bad or like-dislike dimention
self-esteem
involves an incompatibility between two or more aspects of identity.
identity conflict
who termed the “identity crisis”
Erikson
