The Origins and Emergence of Self-Representation
Annual Review of Developmental Psychology September 4, 2024 V. Southgate
Although a reflective self-awareness is often considered to be the pinnacle of human consciousness, it takes time to develop, and behaviors indicating a conceptual self-representation appear only toward the end of the second year of life. How it develops has been the subject of much speculation, but little empirical data have targeted causal mechanisms. I first review early behaviors that...