HDE 100B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Self Esteem (Song), Hispanic And Latino Americans, Social Comparison Theory
26 Apr 2019
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Activities in middle childhood focus on skills, so success & failure are public. School - age children use social reality to evaluate themselves. But downward social comparison protects self - esteem. Positive & negative self -evaluations increasingly differentiated self - concepts. Self - esteem reflects confidence & satisfaction in oneself. A feeling of respect for yourself & your abilities. Fosters development of realistic, culturally viable self value. Change & stability in self - esteem. Self - esteem increases in middle childhood. Chronically - low self - esteem cycle of failure. Authoritative parenting promotes self - esteem & breaks cycle of parenting. Punitive & controlling parenting communicates to child, you are untrustworthy & unable to make good decisions . Indulgent parents create false sense of self - esteem. White children"s self - esteem black children"s in grade school. Black children more closely identify with racial group & view it positively. Hispanic/ latinx children"s self - esteem < white children"s.
