Understanding Self and Others

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Understanding Self and Others Quiz

Test your knowledge on self-awareness, identity formation, and self-esteem in children and adolescents. This quiz covers developmental stages and psychological theories, providing valuable insights into how young people understand themselves and their relationships with others.

22 thought-provoking questions
Multiple choice format
Learn about key concepts in child psychology

22 Questions6 MinutesCreated by ReflectingHeart452

To see if a child has a sense of awareness, you can use the Mirror Task: there’s a red dot on the infant’s nose and show the infant a mirror, and if they have self-awareness, they’ll...?

touch their own nose

Touch the mirror

By what age will children look more at photos of self than others and refer to self by name or personal pronouns?

15 months

18-24 months

12 months

2-3 years

Children would know that every year they’re getting older by celebrating own’s bday every year, whatever happens to them, will essentially stay with them. This is an example of...?

Concrete Memory

Biographical Memory

Autobiographical Memory

Episodic Memory

Preschoolers will start to mention concrete characteristics. Which is NOT one of them?

Physical characteristics

Possessions

Competencies

Attitudes

True or False: Collectivist cultures describe themselves in relation to others, whereas individualist cultures just describe themselves as their own person

True

False

Adolescents will start to mention things beyond concrete characteristics, which one IS one of these characteristics?

Emotions

Social groups

Personality traits

Comparisons to others

Who believed that adolescents struggle to achieve an identity that will allow them to participate in the adult world?

Erik Erikson

Albert Bandura

Sigmund Freud

John B. Watson

Personal fable is the idea that...?

Adolescents think they’re the focus of other people’s thinking and attention, thinking that they’re being judged

adolescence think there’s this imaginary audience where their peers are always watching them and judging them by the way they talk, do things, dress, look, etc…

Adolescents think that their feelings and experiences are unique and they think nobody else went through this

adolescents will think that bad/misfortunate things only happen to other people and not them

When it comes to the stages of formation of identity, the Foreclosure stage is...?

When the adolescent is confused/overwhelmed by the task of achieving an identity, but they’re also doing very little to achieve one

When choices are predetermined, they don’t get to think about if it’s something that THEY want to do

When a person will explore a lot of different alternatives, but they have yet to find a satisfactory option

When the individual got to explore different alternatives and at the end, were able to choose one that suits them and are happy with it

Which of the following IS NOT one of the influences that can help individuals find their identity?

Roles of parents

Peers

Personality

Genetics

It's commonly known that one's self-esteem is at its peak in...?

Adolescent years

Preschool years

Infancy years

Elementary years

The Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC) measures overall self-esteem in areas of all except...?

Scholastic competence

Social acceptance

Athletic appearance

Physical appearance

Which of the following statements regarding self-esteem is FALSE?

Self-esteem in some domains contributes more to overall sense of self-worth

Self-esteem sometimes increases during the move to middle school or junior high

Self-esteem is highest in preschoolers

Social comparisons lead to drop in self-esteem at the beginning of elementary school

At what stage can children step into another person's shoes and view themselves as others do and they know others can do the same?

Undifferentiated stage

Third Person stage

Social-Informational stage

Self-Reflective stage

True or False: Children from Asian countries tend to have higher self-esteem compared to North American and European children

True

False

Children develop high self-esteem...

When they feel competent at something that’s valued by themselves and others

When parenting are not nurturing and un-involved and don't establish rules concerning discipline

When they believe their peers think low of them

When they're in a bad mood

When a child is doing something, praise should focus on ______ rather than _______

Ability; effort

Effort; genetics

Genetics; ability

Effort; ability

According to Selman, perspective taking _________ with age and depends on cognitive development

Declines

Stays the same

Improves

When children are in the social-informational stage, they...

Know that self and others can have different thoughts and feelings, but often confuse the two

Know that perspectives differ because people have access to different information

Can step into another's shoes and view themselves as others do and they know others can do the same

Can step outside the immediate situation to see how they and another person are viewed by a third person

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