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Learning ObjectivesUpon 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. |
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