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PSY-210
Self-Esteem
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Self-Esteem | overall self-evaluation or sense of self-worth. Seems to go hand in hand with other positive evaluations such as attractiveness, athleticism, and intelligence. |
| Self-esteem movement | Began in the 1980s. Thought of as the answer to all of our social ills. Research investigation by social psychology followed. |
| What is the bottom-up approach to self-esteem? | Those who feel more (positive quality), tend to find themselves more worthy |
| What is the top-down approach to self-esteem? | Those who find themselves more worthy perceive themselves to be more (positive quality) |
| What occurred in the article, Exploding the self-esteem myth? | Reviewed literature that examined relationship between self-esteem and other positive qualities, such as happiness. Looked at how self-esteem was defined and how it was measured. Subjective or objective measures. |
| Four measures of attractiveness used in self-esteem study | 1. self-report of attractiveness. 2. 3rd party evaluation of Ss full body photo. 3. third party eval of Ss head/shoulders photo. 4. third party eval of Ss unadorned, head/shoulders photo |
| Results of the self-esteem study | Out of 15,000 studies, only 200 had viable methodology. Very few claims for high self-esteem were supported. |
| What was the conclusion about high SE and happiness? | High self-esteem seems to be correlated with greater levels of happiness |
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