is about having (or showing) a realization, perception or knowledge of a concept, situation, circumstance, or person.

allows us to recognize our place and role in the world, and to express thoughts and behaviors based on them.

Has the assumption that a child's thinking changes at the precise onset of particular developmental stages

Focus on the (2) processes of: (developmental theory)

States that growing up influences a child's capacity to understand the world; children cannot do particular tasks until they are psychologically mature enough to do so • Inaccurate

• Offered a combination of empirical evidence from Piaget's theory and aspects of psychometrics and cognitive theory • Aimed to describe and explain intellectual development, individual differences in the rate and direction of intellectual development. •more accurate application

functional levels of organization (cognitive development)

areas of awareness

Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy (5 levels of needs)

Areas that benefit from practicing self-awareness

one tool determined to illustrate the process accurately

Designed with four (4) quadrants, the model assigns specific 'selves' or personas to each quadrant:

Personal attributes that are readily seen or observed by the person and others in him-/herself

Attributes that a person knows about him-/herself but is not known by others

Attributes that a person does not know about him-/herself but is known by others

Attributes that both a person and others do not yet know of the person and which are left for future discovery

It is a stage where awareness of certain behavior leads to self-policing action or the capacity to alter behavior. It determines how we can choose to respond, and the way we do respond, to particular situations.

Focuses on learning that occurs within the social context Suggests that the environment has an effect on modeling where individuals identify an "ideal" and patterns their behaviors after them;

modeling becomes successful if there is

Theory assumes that people learn from one another such concepts as observation, imitation, and even modeling

is considered the bridge between cognitive and behaviorist theories

assumes that people have psychological needs that are the basis for self-motivation and personality integration.

Cites three (3) needs which allow optimal function and growth if they are satisfied

they stated that __________ is "to endorse one's actions at the highest level of reflection"; when we are self-determined, we "experience a sense of freedom to do what is interesting, personally important, and vitalizing"

3 Phases of Self-Regulation

Sets the stage for action and maps tasks

Involves processes and the utilization of strategies to reach success

Reflection after performance; outcomes are compared to goals set in the forethought phase

3 aspect of self-regulation

Systematic monitoring of own performance

Systematic comparison of actual performance set against goals

Personal process of evaluation that takes places during the activity