CHAPTER 11

how children come to understand their multifaceted social world

- proceeds from concrete to abstract(noticing observable characteristics then awarness of internal processes)

-social cogniton becomes better organized with age

-children revise their ideas about the causes of behavior(from simple one sided to complex interactions that account for both person and situation

-social cognition moves toward metacognitive understanding

classification of oneself on the basis of agae , sex, physical characteristics, and even goodness and badness

The life-story the child generates about himself

achild's veiw of themselves as persisting over time

one's private thougths and imaginings

thought that ppl alway act in ways consistent with their desires and don't understand that less obvious , more interpretive mental states such as beliefs also effect behavior

thought that both beliefs and desires determine actions and understanding the relationship between these inner states

• 1. Language : abilty to reflect thought
• 2. Cognitive Abilities : ability to predict false belief
• 3. Security of Attachment and Maternal mind-mindness : securely attached babies; expose infants tolanguage about their own mental lives
• 4. Make-believe play : acting out roles to imagine and express thoughts and emotions of characters they protray
• 5. Social interaction : preschoolers with siblings

the set of attributes , abilities, attitudes, and values that an individual believes defines who he or she is