Culture and the Development of Self-Knowledge  

Oleh:

Wang, Qi

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Current Directions in Psychological Science vol. 15 no. 04 (Aug. 2006), page 182-187.
Topik: culture; self-knowledge; self-concept; autobiographical memory; narrative
Fulltext: 07. Culture and the Development of Self-Knowledge.pdf (110.0KB)

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Although a great deal of work in the past decades has shown cultural variations in self-knowledge among adults, not until recently have researchers started to examine developmental processes and mechanisms that give rise to the variations. I discuss our research on the development of two kinds of self-knowledge: autobiographical memory and self-concept. Our findings indicate that children develop culture-specific self-knowledge early in life; the two kinds of self-knowledge reinforce each other at both individual and cultural levels; and early narrative practices constitute an important resource from which children draw cultural views about the self to incorporate into their self-understanding and remembering.

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