?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Self-awareness+and+%22introspective%22+private+speech+in+6-year-old+children.&rft.creator=Morin%2C+Alain&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=It+has+been+suggested+recently+that+self-awareness+is+cognitively+mediated+by+inner+speech+and+that+this+hypothesis+could+be+tested+by+using+the+private+speech+paradigm%2C+This+paper+describes+a+study+in+which+the+creation+of+a+state+of+self-awareness+was+attempted+in+children+to+test+the+viability+of+a+research+strategy+based+on+private+speech+and+used+to+explore+the+hypothesis+of+a+link%0Abetween+self-awareness+and+inner+speech%2C+and+to+test+directly+this+hypothesis+by+comparing+the+incidence+of+private+speech+in+self-aware+and+control+conditions.+32+children+were+asked+to+evaluate+the+attractiveness+of+pictures+when+in+front+of+a+mirror+(a+widely+used+self-focusing+stimulus)+and+with+no+mirror.+Reliably+more+favorable+ratings+of+the+images+were+predicted+presuming+intensification+of+affects+in+self-awareness.+Private+speech+was+recorded%2C+with+the+prediction+of+a+more+important+incidence+of+%22introspective%22+self-verbalizations+(for+example%2C+%22Wow!+I+really+like+this+picture!%22)+in+the+self-aware+condition.+None+of+these+outcomes+were+obtained.%0AResults+are+discussed+in+terms+of+previous+attempts+to+manipulate+self-awareness+in+children.+It+is+suggested+that+the+private+speech+paradigm+does+not+appear+to+be+a+promising+strategy+when+inner+speech+and+self-awareness+are+considered&rft.date=1991&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2561%2F1%2FPrivatespeech.pdf&rft.identifier=++Morin%2C+Alain++(1991)+Self-awareness+and+%22introspective%22+private+speech+in+6-year-old+children.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2561%2F