PSYC 215 Lecture : social psyc class notes
10 Dec 2011
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We"re talking about the self; that means you. That means trying to understand who you are and as you might have gathered from last time we don"t have all the definitive answers on that topic. A concept about how you judge yourself evaluatively. This self esteem thing has come to be the modern day panacea for every problem that exists. We know from oprah that no matter what guest she has on, suffering from drug overdose, abuse, etc usually the problem is low self esteem. If we want to understand why people are not achieving well, be they kids in school or what have you, its low self esteem. I gave the example at the beginning of the course about methods. (see it). Here"s a typical statement that in very high level circles gets played out. Just listen to how powerful this self esteem thing is: California task force to promote self-esteem and social responsibility.
