Self Esteem Flashcards
What is self-esteem? (1)
Evaluation of your self worth - attitude towards yourself
What is a positive self esteem?
- Having a generally positive perception about ourselves
- comfortable with yourself
- deal easily with negative situations
What is a low self esteem?
- beliefs about yourself are mostly negative
- focus mainly on your weaknesses and mistakes
What is the selfie society?
Celebrity culture and social media create a society which is very me oriented
What’s influences your self esteem and give a brief explanation of each
( sorry good luck❤️😅)
- media
• video links - access different points of view
• social media - Snapchat and Instagram influence on how you see yourself
• movies - creates unrealistic image - community
• support and conflict
• make new friends and broaden horizons - friends and family
- culture
• frames the way we see the world
• plays role in what we perceive to be right and wrong - Education
• access to education helps shape our knowledge base and ability to work critically - Religion
• influences how we treat others
• how we view ourselves and purpose
What are the factors that effect self esteem?
- bullying
- celebrity culture
- peer pressure
What is bullying?
- Negative peer pressure
- negative physical or verbal actions intentionally harm someone and repeatedly
- direct or indirect
What are the different types of bullying and give a brief description of each
- Physical
• hitting kicking etc - Emotional
• spreading rumors, being left out - verbal
• aggressive language - cyber bullying
• use of technology to harass or intimidate someone
Why do people bully others?
- stress trauma
- aggressive behavior - can’t let out emotions
- they have been bullied
- difficult home life
- relationships
- insecurity or immaturity
What is the psychology of being bullied?
- looking for power and control - look for insecurities in other person
- blame ourselves and become self critical
- trying to change to avoid being bullied
- instead Of embracing traits cover them up develop long term insecurities
What is the difference between bullying and banter?
Banter is playful teasing or joking between friends - equal and funny
Bullying is when banter escalates and goes to something mean and offensive
Why is celebrity culture bad for our self esteem?
Create unrealistic images of perfection
Essena O’Neil
What contributes most to our self esteem and why? And how do we accomplish that?
Our friends - peer pressure
Positive influences- support
- Pay attention to what’s wrong and right
- Find friends with similar values
- Cannot find courage to say no. Walk away
Name six things we can use to boost our self esteem and express them
- daring to be different
• don’t be the same as everyone else embrace individuality - living life by design and not default
• focusing energy into actions that ensure you becoming who you want to be and taking control of your life - DONT LET LIFE JUST HAPPEN - being positive and expressing gratitude
• see the bright side - react positively - positive self talk - habit stacking
• synaptic pruning - brain prunes away pathways not being used regularly- do something for a long time brain build strong efficient pathways
• needs self motivation habits are repeated behaviors - affirmations
• grow a positive mental attitude
• neuroplasticity - brains rewired - accepting and embracing natural beauty
• it’s important to embrace all your traits and inner beauty
What are some practical tips to improve self esteem?
- positive relationships
- exercise
- focus what you love about yourself
- close friend or guardian asks how you feel be able to articulate emotions
- describing feelings can help you better cope
