Chapter 6 THE SELF

• Erikson’s 3rd psychosocial stage is the ___versus ___


  initiative vs guilt
• the psychological stage associated with early childhood is initiative vs guilt
• They're surplus of energy that permits them to____ failures quickly and to approach new areas that seem _____. this allows for children to move out into the wider social world on their own_____

  forget, desirable, initiative
• Initiative and enthusiasm may bring guilt, which lowers ______

  self esteem
• _____the representation of self, the substance and content of self-conceptions

  self understanding
• in early childhood children think that self can be described by ____ (size, shape, color) , material possessions, _______ ex. 4 year old " im different from Jeniffer bc i have brown hair and she has blond hair. "

  bodily attributes, physical activites
• overly positive, and confuses ____and ____ ( thinking that differences in ability can be changed as easily as can differences in effort)(self understanding)

  ability, effort
• Theory of ____: includes understanding that other people have ___ and ___

  mind, emotions, desires
• another important part of theory of mind is gaining an understanding that people don't always give accurate reports of their ___

  beliefs
• learn through ____ others ex. a recent study shows young children who observed a peer being awarded for confessing to cheating on a task were more likely to be honest in future themselves

  observing
• children aren't potentially as ____ (as in piagets)

  egocentric
• ____ means the child sees everything from his point of view.

  egocentric