Self Esteem
The overall positive or negative evaluation an individual has of himself or herself.
What is self-esteem?
This motivated self-knowledge is used to learn the truth about themselves.
What is appraisal motive?
This is referred to as "looking inside".
What is introspection?
You are aware of you are doing.
What is self-aware?
Self-esteem is dependent on the successes and failures in a person's life.
What is Contingencies of Self-Esteem?
This is the strongest motive for self-knowledge.
What is self-enhancement motive?
This is described as thinking highly of yourself in comparison to others
What is upwards social comparison
Someone who chooses to fix any differences between their current self and ideal self is considered this.
What is a good course of action?
Self-esteem is dependent on the others view them.
What is sociometer hypothesis?
This is described as the second strongest motive.
What is consistency motive?
This is described as when unique features become more prominent when you are a lone member in a category.
What is the phenomenal self?
Someone who is not content with their current self would most likely do one of these two things.
What is escape (or fix)?
A person who views themselves highly and is sensitive to threats and mean comments would be considered this.
What is high self-esteem?
Someone who blames other things and avoids failure at all cost is described as doing this.
What is self-handicapping?
If someone were to learn about themselves by observing your own behavior, it would be described as this.
What is self-perception?
This is a degree of escaping that usually involves alcoholism and even suicide.
What is extreme escapism?
A person who views life as less satisfied and is more hopeless than others would be described as this.
What is low self-esteem?
What is the limbic system and prefrontal cortex?
The disadvantage of this self-knowledge technique is that "You won’t really know how they actually view you".
What is the looking glass self?
This study was used to test the self-awareness of animals.
What is the red-dot experiment?