Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ego Depletion, Explanatory Style

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Alvin Segal

Document Summary

Building self-esteem is important because individuals with low self-esteem are less happy, more prone to depression, more demoralized after failure, Criticizing others, in an effort to raise self-esteem, is counterproductive. Developing multiple new skills, rather than focusing on honing one, can raise self-esteem. Eight guidelines for building self-esteem: recognize that you control your self-image. You can change your self-image to a more positive one: learn more about yourself. People with low self-esteem don"t know as much about themselves as do those with high self-esteem. Remember to use an optimistic explanatory style when confronting successes and failures. Self-regulation: explain the ego-depletion model of self-regulation, using insights from relevant research. Discuss the development and stability of self-regulation over time. Self-regulation is the process of directing and controlling one"s behavior. According to the ego depletion model of self-regulation, people have a limited amount of self-control.