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A persons sense of self that is both descriptive and evaluative. It is a congitive construct. Answers who am I?. It grows and changes throughout childhood and includes others opinions and evaluations
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Self concept
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A cluster of characteristics used to describe self. this changes around 5-7 years reflecting self concept development. At this age, it is mostly positive, concrete, and about physical characteristics or possessions
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Self definition
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Three stages of understanding ones self
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Stage 1: Single Representation
Stage 2: Representational Mapping Stage 3: Representational systems |
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Age 4, Child describes themselves in one dimension. Their descriptions are isolated without logical connections and they cannot consider multiple aspects of self. They only consider one at a time. Consider one aspect of themselves at a time
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Stage 1: Single Representation
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Person/ self one actually is
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Real self
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Person/self one would like to be
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Ideal self
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5-7 years. Child starts to make a connection between their abilites, likes and dislikes. They also start to like their abilities to their future "I like to build, so I want to be an engineer" Very positive description, dont include areas where they dont excel
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Stage 2: Representational Mapping
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Middle childhood, child begins to integrate specific features of themselves and their capabilities into their self concept. Begin to see multidimensional aspects of themselves.
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Representational systems
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How a person feels about themselves. The evaluative part of self concept that expresses their overall worth. Tied to judgements. Parents are very positive toward children, thus the child self esteem reflects attitude. All or none
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Self esteem
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Self esteem at age __ is a strong predictor of their self _________ at age 8
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Changes are unable to articulate self esteem until age 8, but their actions and behaviors indicate they have an overall assessment of their level of esteem earlier in life
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Developmental changes in self esteem
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Self esteem is high means?
Self esteem is contingent? |
Child is motivated to achieve
child may view faliure or criticism as a reflection of their overall worth |
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If a child links sucess of any kind to self esteem than any failure or any achievement will have a direct impact on self esteem. A healthier self esteem is NOT contingent on 1 thing
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Contingent self esteem "Helpless pattern"
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Securely attached children are also better able to
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Understand emotions in others
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Emotions such as guilt, shame, pride, are developed by age 3.
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Emotions toward self
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