Do we really know ourselves pt2 Flashcards
What is self-esteem?
Rosenberg 1968: person’s subjective appraisal of ourselves as intrinsically positive/negative
- how we view ourself
What is a possible relationship between self-esteem and knowing ourself?
Self-esteem may be more important
- directs how we behave
What should you not do with people who have high self-esteem and why!!??
- Heatherton + Vohs, 2000
- threaten them with failure otherwise they will respond with rudeness + negativity - Bushman + Baumeister 1998
- give their work a lot of criticism and then the power to turn on intense noise, because they are 3x more likely to do so vs self-esteem - Vaillancourt, 2012
- give them poor feedback on their work, otherwise they will do the same about you!
How do we manage/ preserve/ protect our self-esteem?
IMPRESSION MANAGEMET
- False modesty
- False consensus effect
- Self-handicapping
- Self-enhancement
How is false modesty used to manage impression and so self-esteem?
difference in public vs private/ anonymous response
1. Gould, Brounstein + Sigall 1977
- asked to think about a successful moment
- given choice to share publicly vs privately
= publicly: other people given credit
= privately: own effort
2. Baumeister + Illko 1995
- same findings in school setting
What does Exline + Lobel (1999) mean by ‘perils of our performance’?
- if showing false modesty protects our self-esteem, then we will do so
- false modesty = ppl view them as nice etc
How is the false consensus effect used to mange impression and so self-esteem?
- Monin + Norton 2003
- other shower long too which means so can I! - Boven + Lowenstein 2003
- drink or food after run
- thirty say drink, hungry say food - Eibach et al 2003
- dieters thought there were more fast-food adverts vs non-dieters
What is the false consensus effect?
- doing something, even if it is wrong, because you think everyone else does it more/ do the same things
What is the false uniqueness effect?
Goethals et al, 1991
- If you aren’t doing something wrong - will not have negative effect on self-esteem = you have a false sense of uniqueness which seems to be more powerful than false consensus
What is self-handicapping and how does it relate to self-esteem?
- putting your self in a disadvantageous place so that you can have something to blame it on = which means it was not in your control/ full potential
= does not hit self-esteem
What did Berglas + Jone 1978 find supporting the act of self-handicapping to manage self-esteem?
- told you performance was good on a task
- gave they option to take drug to enhance or diminish ability and do task again
- ppl took diminishing drug
- gives them something to blame if something goes wrong
What is self-enhancement and how does it relate to self-esteem?
- most positive form of self-management
- the readiness to accept better looking/ version of self
1. Swedish + American drivers - better and okay to bet
- car crash stats = excuses given
How does Bargh, McKenna + Fitzsimons (2002) link social media and knowing oneself together?
FB = more reflective of the true person vs ftf
- because ftf = role playing but online = no pressure
What did prof Jospeh Walther say about social media?
impression management on steroids
How is comparing and self-esteem related?
- Looking down
2. Looking up
