PSY 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Canoe.Com, Narcissism, Agreeableness
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Most commonly used scale for assessing self esteem: ex: questions. I am able to do things as well as most other people. I feel i do not have a lot to be proud of. Possible answers: strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree. Early adolescence: looking glass self dominates, more focus on others" evaluations lower self esteem, gender differences become significant. How does social comparison affect self-esteem: upward social comaparison: compare ourselves to people who we think are doing better than us. Relationship to self-esteem: lowers self esteem: downward social comparison: compare ourselves to people who we thing are doing worse than us. Kling et al. (1999): meta-analysis- over 200 studies. Men outscored women on self-esteem measures: they had higher self-esteem but the difference was small. Twenge & crocker (2002: meta-analysis, american racial groups. Write out your whole name (first middle last) They ask how much do you like your name in total: scaled from 1-9.
