PSYC14H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Mexican Americans, Social Comparison Theory, Individualism
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Self-enhancement: the motivation to view oneself positively: ppl have a strong need to view them/selves positively, this need is evident across a diverse array of methodologies. The vast majority of ppl have high esteem 93% eu. Canadians had self-esteem scores above the midpoint of the scale. Downgrade social comparison: by comparing your performance with the performance of someone who"s doing even worse than you: create a favorable comparison that casts our own performance in a positive light. We have an impressive arsenal of tactics to protect and enhance our self-views. Mexican-american and eu-american children both tended to view themselves quite positively and usually included their own pics: however, eu americans did so even more (92%), mexican- American (82%: evidence of cultural variation in positive self-views. The native americans listed fewer than half as many positive statements about themselves as did the eu-americans: they also tend to have less independent self-concepts than eu-
