Week 9 - The Self and Self Esteem PDF

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lOMoARcPSD|28762649 Week 9 - The self and self esteem Personality Psychology (University of South Australia) Scan to open on Studocu Studocu is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university Downloaded by Alexia Jones ([email protected])  lOMoARcPSD|28762649 PERSONALITY PSYCH- WEEK 9: SELF-ESTEEM likely to defend others against bullying, low SE problems  calibrate self-concept with feedback Self-esteem associated with being bullied. from the environment Role & function it serves Delinquency: contradictory, low SE high Kirkpatrick & Ellis 2001: connected to evolutionary delinquent behaviour, maybe mediated by their theory functionality/ numerousness/ domain METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES school involvement (commonality) septicity- last 2 not really covered (how well or Measurement Anti-social behaviour: high SE + high need for poorly you hunt doesn’t relate to how good a - Distributions: what is high and low self- approval= more cheating, high SE + low need for parent you are) esteem? – fuzzy concept approval = less cheating, SE not a predictor for (Heterogeneous/homogeneous) substance abuse at school // high SE intensified DOMAIN SPECIFICITY - Self-report: considered to be the most both pro-and anti- social behaviours - Instrumental coalitions reliable way to assess SE, but people with Happiness: positive correlation between high levels - Mating relationships high self-esteem judge themselves as more of SE and happiness - Family relationships attractive, higher IQ, and skinnier Coping: positive correlation - Between group competition - Correlations: everything we know is Depression: negative correlation correlational, unethical to do experimental Health: inconclusive-partial correlation for self- HILL AND BUSS 2006 studies, can’t ever really imply causation report, but not actual behaviours. Cognitive map: map of traits and abilities to solve Smoking: mixed – low SE for girls (15yrs) but not specific problems RESEARCH FINDINGS boys Environmental monitor: a mechanism designed to School performance: not causal: artificial SE is a Alcohol & Drugs: mixed monitor your performance and standing with problem. Self esteem doesn’t affect school Sex: SE may be a result or could be a 3rd variable respect to other relevant people. (Go and find the performance. (if they get told they’re doing really Eating disorders: negative correlation place where you fit in and feel better again). well when they’re not- under delusion that they’re Updating mechanism: a mechanism designed to update the self-concept based on new information doing well.) feedback needs to be objective and balanced, to reduce false SE. Sociometer about the self-e.g. increase in attractiveness  No change, increase in perception & abilities/decrease. Job/Task performance: high self esteem doesn’t have effect on the quality of job performance, persistence  high SE theory Affective evaluation - Trait: evaluating stable internal Interpersonal: superior social skills, interpersonal TRADITIONL VIEW OF SE representations success, being more popular, usually only exist in Value component of self-concept - State: evaluation updates & changes the minds of high SE people- not necessarily better, Glass is so full (self-esteem is the water!) Depends on how important things are to you just think they are, no difference in leadership, high Ultimate goal: have more self-esteem (have more Motivational function: something designed to SE more likely to take initiative, intimate high/low water in the glass). Why & how high is high? motivate people to choose different behavioural SE, high- more likely to break up, low- more likely to Mechanism to solve adaptive problems options that are most appropriate given new self- be dumped. info. Aggression: defensive high SE- linked to more BACKGROUND Behavioural output mechanism: solution to bullying and assisted bullying, genuine high SE more Mark Leary 1990s: anxiety/self-esteem association adaptive problem needs to change. Leary et al. 1995: what is the function of self- esteem?  a mechanism to solve adaptive Downloaded by Alexia Jones ([email protected])  lOMoARcPSD|28762649 PERSONALITY PSYCH- WEEK 9: SELF-ESTEEM SE has many layers, and has far more function than Rejected- there aren’t other options so are more what we first thought. chill w their relationships CULTURE Individualistic- want for SE higher Collectivist - not as relevant Function of SE in May be due to the different ways people feel good (self vs ‘group’) mating relationships To test whether self esteem was domain specific If its domain specific, then feedback from a potential mate shouldn’t affect friendships Those accepted- increased SE/ rejected- decreased People who were rejected had lower mating aspirations Calibrated self-worth as a dating partner – domain specific, no difference in friendships aspirations. People who were already in relationships Being rejected- hit to SE For those who were accepted, demonstrated less perceived commitment & satisfaction to relationship after being accepted Downloaded by Alexia Jones ([email protected])