PSY325H5 Lecture Notes - Egotism
Document Summary
The roles of self-esteem and sense of personal control in the academic achievement process. This article proposes that academic achievement boots self-esteem and the sense of personal control, but only the latter influences subsequent academic achievement. Relationship between self-esteem and academic achievement amongst pre-university. The article by mohammad aryana suggests that students who get higher grades tend to develop higher levels of self-esteem. Does high self-esteem cause better performance, interpersonal success, happiness, or. High self-esteem does not indicate good performance in school and does not boost academic success. High self-esteem does not prevent children from smoking, drinking, taking drugs, or engaging in early sex. If anything, high self-esteem fosters experimentation, which may increase early sexual activity or drinking, but in general effects of self-esteem are negligible. Relation of threatened egotism to violence and aggression: the dark side of high self- The major cause of violence is high self-esteem combined with an ego threat.
