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Approaches to the self
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Learning Objectives

Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:

Define and identify the key components of self-concept.

Discuss work on the development of the self-concept.

Discuss social comparison, including when it develops as a self-relevant process.

Discuss private self-concept, including when it develops.

Discuss the development of perspective taking during the teen years.

Define objective self-awareness and discuss how it relates to social identity.

Discuss recent work on shyness. In what sense might shyness result from chronic self-awareness?

Define self-schema, and distinguish between the different types of possible selves.

Discuss and differentiate the ideal self and the ought self.

Define and discuss self-esteem.

Discuss recent research on self-esteem, including work on reactions to criticism and failure feedback and work on protecting versus enhancing the self.

Discuss and distinguish defensive pessimism and self-handicapping.

Discuss work on self-esteem variability.

Discuss the results of recent research on the self-esteem of minority group members.

Discuss the nature and development of identity, the social component of the self.

Discuss the key features of identity crises, and differentiate identity deficits from identity conflicts.

Discuss how identify crises might be resolved.