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E219 week 3 - Identity in the Early Years (Chapter 2: Identity in the…
E219 week 3 - Identity in the Early Years
audio -Dr Josephine Ross
https://learn2.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=1528197§ion=3
mentions 'still face paradigm' but not by name
realisation of self
old, but still used, lipstick on head
adults- less likely to cheat if mirror in room
children- opening box
secure attachments = higher self esteem = less instances of mental health issues, criminality etc
Chapter 2: Identity in the early years
Rachel Twiselton and John Oates
https://learn2.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=1528258
‘self-as-subject’ (James, 1961 [1892])
I am energetic, positive, friendly , helpful, struggling at times , loud ...
‘existential self’ (Lewis, 1990),
‘self-as-object’ (James, 1961 [1892])
I am a mother, I am a dancer, I am 40
‘categorical self’ (Lewis, 1990)
rouge test
https://learn2.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=1528258§ion=2.3
usually by age 3
William James (1961 [1892]) proposed four progressive elements of the existential self:
An individual’s agency – their power to act on the world.
A person’s sense of their unique individuality – their distinctiveness from others.
An awareness of the continuity of this identity.
Reflexivity – being aware of, and capable of thinking about, all the above elements.
Agency - eg knocking bricks over
https://learn2.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=1528258§ion=2.1
2- 3 month baby looking in mirror, Lewis and Brooks-Gunn (1979) reckon is start of agency & realisation of self and power
constructing IWM
strangely enough insecure attached children sometimes acquire self awareness younger, possibly due to having to be aware of self and surroundings.
different countries/cultures have different expectations
https://learn2.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=1528258§ion=2.4
Gender Development
3.2 Psychoanalytic perspectives
Sigmund Freud
3.3 Social learning processes (SLT)
pink & blue & how we treat a perceived gender
1966 American psychologist, Walter Mischel- conditioning
https://learn2.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=1528258§ion=3.3
3.5 Cognitive-developmental theories
asking kids questions
https://learn2.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=1528258§ion=3.5
Many contrasting theories!!!
Reading A
Extracts from ‘Researching “the child” in developmental psychology’
Diane Hogan
she criticises many facets of developmental psychology
berates lack of child voice
not saying opposite is correct, balance of development and social influence inc views of child
Reading B
Extracts from ‘Diversity, inclusion and learning in the early years’
Iram Siraj-Blatchford
race/ethnicity/culture differences
we should make everyone aware of their complex backgrounds so understand the minority is not diff everyone is diff.
stereotyping bad
naively says now becoming a more accepting society...this is outdated article!