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Five Levels of Self-Awareness as They Unfold Early in Life

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Applied Development of self-awareness

By Philippe Rochat

Summary

Five levels: (0) Differentiation — self/world at birth; (1) Situation — body in place (~2mo); (2) Identification — own body as special (~6mo, mirror self-exploration); (3) Permanence — self as persisting entity (~18mo, mirror test); (4) Meta-self-awareness — self as object of thought (~24mo, pronouns, self-conscious emotions).

Why It Matters

Most complete developmental model of self-awareness in infancy. Maps self-consciousness from earliest precursors to full explicit self-recognition.

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