PSYC 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Mindset
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Feeling competent to cope with the basic challenges of life. Confidence in your ability to think clearly in a way that promotes your well being. Your belief in your ability to succeed in a certain area of life. You can be confident in some areas but not others. What we often think of when we hear confidence is social confidence. The first step of developing self esteem is establishing a strong identity. Positive affirmation don"t work at least not alone. Looking in mirror and say u can do it (does not work) (am i ?) asking yourself good, positive questions. You brain automatically answer any question you ask it. Positive affirmations as reminders (affirming your values) School is important to me and that"s why i study. You have inherent worth as a human being. This worth doesn"t change with success or failure. You"re way too complicated of a person to label with a single word like failure, dumb, unlovable.
