PSYCH 3BA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Psychopathology, Neuroticism, Cognitive Development
5 Nov 2014
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Rogers: talked about need for unconditional positive regard, and importance of positive self-regard, relates to authenticity, true self. Since james: has been an enormous subject of examination. Rodewalt & tregakis (2003: third most common studied variable in all of psychology, gender, negative affect, self-esteem. In general it is correlated positively with these characteristics. State versus trait self-esteem: state variables = moment-to-moment variations, trait variables = long term average level (average happiness level) Self-esteem as an attitude: objective, cognitive evaluation of the self"s characteristics, relatively emotion free, realistic evaluation of our competence, what do we believe about our capabilities. Self-esteem as an emotion: affection for, or liking of the self; worthiness. James: ratio of successes to pretensions: rogerian: self vs ideal self = the way we think we are, and the way we"d like to be. Low discrepancy: high self-esteem = the larger the discrepancy between the two, the lower our self- esteem will be.
