You Are Having Dinner with Your Friend

question 76

Multiple Choice

You are having dinner with your friend.When you arrive, his daughter Brianne runs up and tells you proudly that she is a "big girl." According to most developmentalists, what accounts for Brianne's self-categorical statement?

• A)She has developed an awareness of her categorical self.
• B)She has developed an awareness of her extended self.
• C)She has developed the ability to attend to the word big when others are talking about their attributes.
• D)She has developed the ability to attend to the spatial contrasts of self that differ from those of others.

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