Self-awareness consists in the subject's awareness of his difference from other subjects of the rest of the world. There are currently no fully formed scientific theories on this issue.
Necessary
Scientific literature on psychology and philosophy
Instructions
Step 1
In psychology, self-consciousness is understood as a mental phenomenon based on a person's awareness of himself as a subject of activity. As a result of self-awareness, a person's idea of himself is formed into the theory of "I".
Step 2
So Rubinstein S. L. in his book "Fundamentals of General Psychology" wrote that, for example, a child is not immediately aware of himself. During the first years of his life, he calls himself by name in the same way as others call him. In the beginning, he understands himself not as an independent subject, but as an object in relation to other people.
Step 3
Self-awareness is not a primordial given, which is inherent in a person from birth. Self-awareness is a product of development. However, it is worth noting that the infant's consciousness appears as an identical embryo. Consciousness "I" in a child begins to develop at about three years old, when he begins to distinguish between sensations that were caused by the external world, and those sensations that were caused by his own body. Such awareness of one's own mental qualities and self-esteem acquire the greatest importance in adolescence. Since all components of self-awareness are interconnected, the development of one of them leads to a modification of the entire system of consciousness.
Step 4
The development of self-awareness occurs in several stages during the course of human life. At the age of one year, the "I" itself is discovered. A child can already separate the results of his own activity and the external world by the age of two or three. The ability to evaluate oneself, that is, self-esteem, begins to form at the age of seven. The stage of active development of self-awareness, the search for one's “I” and one's own style occurs in adolescence. By the end of this period, basic social and moral assessments are being formed.
Step 5
The formation of self-awareness is influenced by several factors, namely, the assessment of the results of one's own activity, the assessment of others and one's own status in the group of peers, the formula of the relationship “I am the ideal” and “I am the real”.
Step 6
Among the components of self-awareness, according to the theory of V. S. Merlin, one can single out a system of social and moral assessments, awareness of one's own psyche, awareness of "I" as an active principle, awareness of one's own identity. These elements of self-awareness are always interconnected with each other at the functional and genetic levels, although their formation does not occur simultaneously.
