ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Procrastination
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Perfectionism an aspect of personality that can be both positive (helps a person achieve excellence) or negative. Perfectionists tend to set unrealistically high expectations of themselves and when they fail, they"re overly critical. Believe that if something can"t be done right, better not to do it at all the cycle of perfection. 1: i must be perfect in everything i do. 2: i can accomplish anything taking on too much. It"s too much! failure to reach goals leads to procrastination. 4: this could have been better. self-blame, guilt, shame, lowered self-esteem. 5: i am what i do. self-definition based on performance. 6: i know if i try harder, i"ll do better . Demand for higher standards and sets themselves up for step 1 again (the next step is step 1 cycle starts over) Perfectionism typically develops at an early stage. Often it"s related to significant events or responses from parents (the child"s parents want straight a"s)
