L33 Psych 315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Amusia, Mental Representation, Social Comparison Theory
19 Mar 2019
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She never realized she was bad because she was so incompetent at pitch recognition she couldn"t hear how horrible she was and nobody wanted to tell her she was bad. If she were more competent, she"d realize how bad she was, but then she wouldn"t be so bad: she was tone deaf, which explains it because she couldn"t hear how off pitch she was. How do we know if they are accurate: the logic of convergence: many different ratings by different people if everyone, including yourself, sees you as one way your probably that way. One might imagine that self- esteem is relatively low but this is not always true. Is self-esteem always a good thing to have: helps with many things intuitive social adjustment, etc, excessively high and rigid self-esteem can lead to arrogance, sensitivity to criticism, and narcissism, self-esteem and culture.
