Children's Sense of Identity Development
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What is the significance of infants' developing understanding that the movements they see in the mirror are contingent on their own?

  • It leads to recognizing their own reflection
  • It leads to immediate self-expression
  • It leads to a growing awareness of their distinctness from others (correct)
  • It leads to a fear of mirrors

    • How does the child's understanding of him- or herself emerge according to Dunn (1988)?

  • Through difficulties of communication only
  • Through observing their own reflection
  • Through interactions with parents only
  • Through day-to-day relationships and interactions (correct)

    • Why are empirical investigations of self-as-subject in young children rather scarce?

  • Because young children cannot reflect on their experience (correct)
  • Because parents do not allow it
  • Because it is not considered important
  • Because it's difficult for researchers to understand

    • What is the second step in the development of a full sense of self according to James?

    <p>'Self-as-object'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What aspect of the self is most influenced by social elements?

    <p>'Self-as-subject'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Cooley, where does a person's sense of identity come from?

    <p>From the reactions of others to them</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Cooley refer to as the 'looking-glass self'?

    <p>The self-as-object</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Mead, how is the self related to the social world?

    <p>The self and the social world are inextricably bound together</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What milestone did Lewis and Brooks-Gunn suggest is important in a child's development?

    <p>Recognizing themselves visually without the support of seeing contingent movement</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In Lewis and Brooks-Gunn's experiment, what did the psychologists reason about the children's reaction to the red mark on their noses?

    <p>The children would be surprised by the unusual red mark and would start touching it</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term did Cooley use to describe the concept of people shaping their identity based on how they believe others view them?

    <p>Looking-glass self</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Mead, how is the self and the social world related?

    <p>The self and the social world are inextricably bound together</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What milestone did Lewis and Brooks-Gunn suggest is reached when children become able to recognize themselves visually without the support of seeing contingent movement?

    <p>Recognition of oneself in the mirror</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Lewis and Brooks-Gunn observe about children's ability to recognize themselves visually in an experiment involving a red mark on their noses?

    <p>Children touched the red mark frequently due to surprise</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did G. Lewis and Brooks-Gunn suggest about children's ability to recognize themselves visually without contingent movement?

    <p>It typically occurs around their second birthday</p> Signup and view all the answers

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