2-semperstud Flashcards
what is the claim that avid sports fans can be?
insecure, pathetic, front-running parasites
Tesser’s Self-Evaluation Maintenance Theory
can either have
reflection: bask in her achievements, feel good
comparison: compare abilities; if worse, feel bad
What are the three factors that determine which reaction you get from self-evaluation maintenance theory?
- Closeness: related, how well you know them
- Relevance: how central to self-evaluation
- Performance: other’s relative performance
comparison effect
Tesser
other outperforms us on relevant task, better her performance and closer the relationship, greater is threat to self-esteem
angry, frustrated, or envious
other outperforms us on relevant task, better her performance and closer the relationship, greater is threat to self-esteem
comparison effect
reflection effect
tesser
other outperforms us on irrelevant task, better her performance and closer the relationship ,ore one can gain in self-esteem
proud and positive
other outperforms us on irrelevant task, better her performance and closer the relationship ,ore one can gain in self-esteem
reflection effect
If outperformed by close other?
- reduce closeness
- reduce dimensions relevance (who cares if they’re good at that, I’m good at this)
- sabotage other’s performance
Tesser & Smith (1980)
password game. 3 subjects selected clues for a fourth who had to guess target word
High relevance: relevant to verbal ability
Low relevance: not indicative of anything
4th person a friend or a stranger
clues ranged in difficulty
password game
Tesser & Smith
what happened with low relevance condition? High relevance condition?
friends given easier clues
friends given harder clues
Horney’s views on self-hate
an inevitable byproduct of self-idealization. The ideal self defensively created to convince the neurotic that he or she is capable of satisfying neurotic needs, in comparison to the neurotic’s actual being, too good to ever be achieved
an inevitable byproduct of self-idealization. The ideal self defensively created to convince the neurotic that he or she is capable of satisfying neurotic needs, in comparison to the neurotic’s actual being, too good to ever be achieved
Horney’s views on self-hate
Melanie Klein
the people who most satisfy and frustrate us are one and the same
the people who most satisfy and frustrate us are one and the same
Melanie Klein
Heinz Kohut
non-optimal idealizing and twinship lead us to unrealistically expect that we and the groups with which we have over-identified are capable of achievements that are, in fact, beyond our separate and combined capabilities
non-optimal idealizing and twinship lead us to unrealistically expect that we and the groups with which we have over-identified are capable of achievements that are, in fact, beyond our separate and combined capabilities
Heinz Kohut
Abraham Tesser
the line between the self-esteem threatening and bolstering nature of the individuals and entities to which we are associated is razor thin, sometimes depending upon momentary considerations of self relevance; situationally dependent judgments of closeness
the line between the self-esteem threatening and bolstering nature of the individuals and entities to which we are associated is razor thin, sometimes depending upon momentary considerations of self relevance; situationally dependent judgments of closeness
Abraham Tesser
Cialdini
more students wore school sweatshirts following wins than following losses
more students wore school sweatshirts following wins than following losses
Cialdini
Ed Hirt
for avid fans of Big 10 sports teams, pain of own team’s loss more devastating blow to self-confidence than personal failure
for avid fans of Big 10 sports teams, pain of own team’s loss more devastating blow to self-confidence than personal failure
Ed Hirt
