Self-awareness : its nature and development / edited by Michel Ferrari, Robert J. Sternberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ferrari, M. D. (Michel Dominique), 1954-

Sternberg, Robert J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-perception.

Physical Description:

xiv, 430 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, [1998]

Summary:

This integrative volume brings together leading social scientists to present diverse perspectives on the emergence, development, and practical role of self-awareness. Shedding light on the fundamental question of how human beings come to understand who we are -- in relation to ourselves, to others, and to the broader world -- the book does justice to the complexity of its subject while remaining accessible to readers in a wide range of disciplines. Chapters cover such topics as developmental and evolutionary aspects of self-awareness; the self, consciousness, and theory of mind; and connections between self-awareness and social, affective, academic, and neuropsychological functioning.

Contents:

Part 1 Definitions and Underpinnings of Self-Awareness

1 The Mind and Education / John R. Searle 3

2 Consciousness and Self-Awareness / Thomas Natsoulas 12

Part 2 The Evolution of Self-Awareness

3 When Self Met Other / Daniel J. Povinelli, Christopher G. Prince 37

4 A Social Selection Model for the Evolution and Adaptive Significance of Self-Conscious Emotions / Sue Taylor Parker 108

Part 3 Development of Self-Awareness Across the Lifespan

5 Is There a Self in Infancy? / Jerome Kagan 137

6 Inching toward a Mature Theory of Mind / Michael J. Chandler, Jeremy I. M. Carpendale 148

7 Self-Awareness and Social Intelligence: Web Pages, Search Engines, and Navigational Control / Martin E. Ford, Michelle A. Maher 191

8 Personal Navigation / Robert J. Sternberg, Louise Spear-Swerling 219

9 The Developing Self-System and Self-Regulation of Primary School Children / Therese Bouffard, Carole Vezeau 246

10 The Brain, the Me, and the I / Karl H. Pribram, Raymond Bradley 273

11 Narrative and Metanarrative in the Construction of Self / Jerome Bruner, David A. Kalmar 308

12 The Development of Self through the Coordination of Component Systems / Michael F. Mascolo, Kurt W. Fischer 332

Part 4 Integration and Conclusion

13 Being and Becoming Self-Aware / Michel Ferrari 387.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1572303174

OCLC:

38168292