Educational Psychology / Unit 3 EDP 0246 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Self-Concept
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The idea
Self-concept is a person's description of themselves, moving from concrete, physical terms in childhood to values and beliefs in adolescence, and differentiating by context.
In practice
A seven-year-old says "I have red hair"; a fifteen-year-old says "I care about fairness."
Where people slip
Differentiation peaks in the middle-school years, when teenagers can be troubled by apparent contradictions in themselves.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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