PSYCH 2C03 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ingroups And Outgroups, Ssab, Stopwatch

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2C03
• Professor: Jennifer Ostovich

Document Summary

Trait/state, refers back to everyone else, actually a social trait. Trait - stable over time, won"t change. We think that people have basic trait level of self esteem, lot of wiggle room around that, what"s going on around you alters self-esteem. Self esteem, in this way, is also a state. We"ll do anything to get higher self-esteem. We tend to blame everyone but ourselves normal thing. Rosenberg"s se scale: 10 items total, items you agree with if se is high, disagree with if se is high. On th whole i am satisfied with myself. I feel that i have a number of good qualities. I am able to do things as well as most other people. I take a positive attitude toward myself. At times i think i am no good at all. I feel i do not have much to be proud of. All in all i am inclined to feel that i am a failure.