HOW CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS CULTIVATE TH EIR SELF - THE MEANING OF THINGS, PLACES, AND PEOPLE

This study investigated the effects of age and gender on the frequency of things, places, and persons as they become actual manifestations o f the self. The subjects were 30 girls and 30 boys aged 10, 12, and 14 years. They were given a camera to take photographs of persons, thing s, and places which they considered to be a part of their self-concept . Results show that girls photographed other people more frequently th an did boys, whereas boys made more photographs with places than did g irls. With higher age the boys' photographs showed fewer things, where as the girls' photographed more things with higher age.