PSYC 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Extraversion And Introversion, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism
5 Apr 2016
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Self-verification: motivation to maintain self-schema (want to be thought of accurately as opposed to judged or stereotyped) Contrast to self-enhancement (being liked and well accepted) Self esteem: appraisal of self as good/bad; self-worth. Positive connotations in western society associated with clear understanding of the self (self-concept clarity having a clear understand of who you are) Sociometer theory treats self-esteem like a speedometer gauge on your car. This alerts you to how well you are doing in life when your self-esteem is high you feel good and when you"re not feeling too good, you should look to your self-esteem which is probably low. Physical appearance is the strongest predictor of how much self-esteem said person with have. Feedback from others (when we"re younger no one"s opinions matters more than our parents. **male self-esteem on average in a lifetime is much higher than female"s and there are two large plummets in the graph around adolescence and in old age.
