self esteem Flashcards
self-esteem
-is what regard do we think of ourselves as meeting standards of society
- Do we think of ourselves in a prs or neg way
- we compare ourselves to others
Above average effect
-Havre, Foster + O’Neil
- we tend to have bias towards thinking of ourselves in an overly p0s light
Why do we have self- esteem
- A primary aspect of human experience is high value we place on ourselves
- most people are motivated to have a pos self image
can you improve self- esteem?
- it can be healthy + important to our mental health
- can gain it by doing esteemable acts in service of others or constructive for self
- Therapy helps if you have low self-esteem
Terror- Management theory
- Greenberg, Solomon
- Inevitability to death is greatest threat
- self esteem buffers anxiety from awareness of death
- motivates human ben (religion)
Divisions of the self
- Turk et al
- split brain patient (severe epilepsy treatment of severing corpus callosum) Jw viewed a series of morphed phones
- images presented to each hemisphere in a random order
- self recognition condition found the left hemisphere biased for self-recognition + right for other people recognition
Narcissism
- Narcissistic personality disorder-
- unhealthy inflated value placed on self
- Feel special + self-importance
- Need for admiration (entitlement)
- Lack of empathy
- volatile self-esteem
volatility of self esteem
- Bushman + Baumeister
- Asked to Write essay + feedback was used to create ego threat
- measured aggression + narcissism
-found for ego threat condition higher narcissism correlated with high aggression - praise condition less aggression
self-esteem + depression
- Sowisio + Orth
- vulnerability Hypothesis -> low self -esteem is predisposing factor for depression
- s car Hypothesis -> depression is predisposing factor for low self-esteem
Brain network + depression
- overactive Default mode network (DMN) associated with depression
- DMN: introspection, self thoughts + self-consciousness
- underactive central executive network is also associated with depression
- CEN: higher cog function, reg emotion
MDMA, openeness + PTSD
,- Wagner et al
- MDMA assisted therapy more effective for PTSD than therapy with no drugs
- increase in openeness led to less severe PTSD At 2 month follow-up which was more pronounced for MDMA group
Psilocybin effects on people
- Carbonaro, Johnson + Griffiths
- Pleasant, visual effects, pos mood, Pos social effects + increased awareness of beaty, meaningfulness
- Neg reactions: increased anxiety
Psilocybin + therapy
- Erritzoe et al
-depression reduced + self discipline improved - neuroticism decreased
- openness + extroversion increased
- Daws et al
- psilocybin had greater efficacy than SSRI for treating depression on BDI
endurance exercise + the self
- fosters self esteem, knowledge, awareness + dev
-vigorous exercise helps depression
-yoga, meditation also help. mental health + the self
