PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Social Comparison Theory
1 Apr 2014
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!- how you feel about yourself, sense of personal worth! Direct experience of ef cacy (compare yourself to yourself [past, present])! Stable, not going to drastically shift ! Downward comparison: look down on others, who have not achieved as much as you have! Upward comparison: compare to someone who has achieved more than you, if they can do. To increase our self-esteem, we engage in social comparison: ! People whose in ated favourable self-esteem is threatened often react by putting others down, sometimes with violence ! Self-aggrandizing form of self-esteem (need attention to feel better about themselves) versus genuine self esteem (do not require constant attention, secure in who they are)! People who are aggressive have a high level of self-esteem, when challenged, they will put that person down for challenging their self-worth! it, so can i! low self-esteem! The vicious cycle of low self-esteem! negative expectations! low effort, high anxiety!
