HD 382 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Social Comparison Theory
27 Jul 2018
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Self-concept refers to the physical characteristics, skills, abilities, and personality traits that one perceives in his or her self. "i am tall, i have red hair, i live in a big house" "i am nice, i am friendly, i am moody" In elementary school, children receive a lot of feedback on how they are performing on a task: the feedback leads to social comparison in which the child compares his performance to his peers" performance. "i"m proud of you for working hard on your homework. You stuck with it and got it finished" "good job earning the a on your math test. Let kids take healthy risks and experience failure: avoid trying to rescue children from failure. If they experience failure while in elementary school, they realize they can recover. Focus on praising the child"s practice or effort: examples of praising effort: "you should be proud of yourself for doing well on you english essay.
