self esteem Flashcards
what is self esteem?
The extent to which you like yourself (or various self-concepts); an attitude
what is global self esteem?
Global self-esteem refers to an individual’s overall, subjective evaluation of their own worth or value as a person
people with high self esteem tend to have:
- Greater persistence after failure
– Cope more effectively with stress
– Are happier
– See themselves as more attractive, liked by others
– Report better relationships
– Better academic performance
what is implicit self esteem?
Implicit self-esteem refers to an individual’s unconscious or automatic evaluation of their own self-worth or value
- Self as an organizing structure in memory
– Things about ourselves are remembered better
than things not connected to ourselves
– Often a feeling is attached to those self-aspect
according to carl rogers self esteem is:
self-esteem is the feeling that one is accepted; worthy of
love, respect from others
* we get self-esteem when others validate our self-
expression
* “unconditional positive regard” vs “conditional positive
regard”
– recall ‘Ideal’ vs ‘Ought’ Self
according to Mark Leary Sociometer theory of self-
esteem:
that self-esteem is a fundamental need
– exclusion from group lowers self-esteem, but
inclusion doesn’t consistently raise self-esteem
– when self-esteem is threatened, people often seek
evidence that they are still valued by others
what is a sociometer:
monitors the degree to which the
individual is included/excluded from group
terror management theory:
By identifying with a social or cultural group, we
protect ourselves from threat of death
* Achieve symbolic immortality
self esteem =?
living up to standards of cultural group
we seek self-esteem to armor
ourselves against terror of our own mortality
If one’s mortality is salient, one is motivated to:
self-enhance (increase self-esteem)
* promote, more strongly ID with in-group members
* identify with symbols of one’s culture (more patriotic)
* derogate/punish out-group members
according to terror management theory increasing self esteem:
weakens effect of mortality awareness
Cultures that favor collectivism see the individual
as
embedded in social groups
– people are interdependent with others in their in-group (e.g., family, tribe)
– priority given to group goals (external focus)
– behaviour shaped by in-group norms
Cultures that favor individualism see the
individual as
distinct from others
– people are autonomous, less dependent on others (self-reliance)
– prioritize own goals over group goals
– behaviour shaped by own goal
