PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Implicit-Association Test, Social Comparison Theory, Mental Chronometry

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 215
• Professor: Adam Etinson

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This makes us feel ashamed, sad, happy, guilty, anxious, etc; emotions related to self evaluation. The positive or negative overall evaluation that each person has of him or herself. The negative self esteem linked to many variables; self esteem correlates with many things; when we have negative views about ourselves, that can influence our lives (motivation or de-motivation) Self esteem is a driving issue for people. Trait self esteem: chronic (overall sense of yourself) Intended to be the main (reasonably stable) sense of who you are; but day to day fluctuations exist. State self esteem: temporary (from moment to moment even) "for each statement below, circle the response that best represents your thoughts right now" Reaction time testing (relies on automatic processing; captures the automatic tendencies/types of response) Interference effects (that is, being slowed down when "self" and "bad things" require the same response) indicate higher implicit self esteem; difficult to put yourself into a bad category.