Social and physical self-concepts (e.g., relative physical abilities) appear universal and central to overall self-concept, unlike academic self-concepts¶

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Evidence · 1 study · theoretical r? · q1
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2027: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q1 i? Some forms of self-knowledge, such as relative physical abilities, appear to be universal and central to many people's overall self-concept, in contrast to culturally contingent academic self-concepts. → Geary 2022

Evidence¶

Geary 2022¶

Geary, D., Xu, K.M. (2022). Evolution of Self-Awareness and the Cultural Emergence of Academic and Non-academic Self-Concepts. Educ Psychol Rev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-022-09669-2

q1 · i? · theoretical · r?

Theoretical contrast drawn in the abstract between universal self-knowledge such as "relative physical abilities" and culturally contingent academic self-concepts. The claim is asserted, not tested, in the available text.

"Unlike some forms of self-knowledge (e.g., relative physical abilities) that appear to be universal and central to many people’s overall self-concept, the relative importance of academic self-concepts are expected to be dependent on explicit social and cultural supports for their valuation."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The relative importance of academic self-concepts depends on explicit social and cultural supports for their valuation — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Development of biologically secondary abilities promotes the emergence of academic self-concepts supported by evolved self-awareness systems — related
• Universal formal schooling is an historically recent phenomenon