PSYCO241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Learned Helplessness, Test Anxiety, Robert Cialdini

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO241
• Professor: Jeff Schimel

Document Summary

Often looked at in two ways: dispositional self-esteem (trait) Overall evaluation of their worth (individual view on self: as a situational characteristic (state self-esteem) I self-serving bias (tendency to perceive self more favourably) Adjust perception of events so we can come out on top/ looking favorably. Very not not the test that lowers our self-esteem. Basically: we never recognize our part in the failure won"t try hard to not fail next time around (can"t keep blaming external aspects) People will compensate for a blow to their se by either: putting a lot of efort into what they stink at to improve (takes work); or, focus on other positive self-attributes to compensate for the weakness. Half told scores will be made public, half told they would be private. Had to ill in self-esteem questionnaires (told they were for. I"m really not a failure i would have done well except for this problem e. x.