Implicit self-esteem

Article Problem: The problem the authors are addressing is the reason correlations of implicit and explicit self-esteem is lower in Chinese culture versus western culture (Yu, Chen, Zhang, and Jin, 2015). The authors suggested the problem has not been clearly defined and researched and this was their motivation in researching this topic. They wanted a clearer understanding as to why implicit and explicit self-esteem is lower in Chinese cultures versus western cultures. The authors were successful in

been empirical research that provided evidence of the significant role implicit cognition has in the development of thought, emotion and behavior. These studies were able to use quantitative methods to help support conceptual frameworks built on past studies. Several of these studies examined the predictive value of implicit cognitions. For example, Back, Schmukle, and Egloff (2009) presented empirical evidence that implicit personality predicts the corresponding behaviors related to neuroticism

Facebook page. Materials Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965) was used to determine a baseline measure of explicit self-esteem. This scale contains ten items that measure global self-worth using a 4-point Likert scale. Measuring both positive and negative feelings about the self, participants had selected ratings for each presented statement ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree which is used to measure global self-worth. Possible scored range from

one who is self absorbed and is egocentric beyond everyone else. Narcissism is a concept that has become more prevalent in the news and social media. The most glaring impacts of narcissism are the effects it has on adolescent self-esteem, defensiveness, peer relations, and competency. In this paper, the pros and cons of narcissism will be examined with mostly heavy focus on the cons. These will be examined to show how the effects manifest themselves on adolescence in terms of self-esteem, defensiveness

Self-defeating Humour and Self-esteem: a Correlational Study Dan Luo University of Western Ontario Self-defeating Humour and Self-esteem: a Correlational Study In the literature of humour, it has been seen to have positive effects on well-being, physical and psychological health. A greater use of humour has been correlated with a better quality of life. (Martin, Kuiper, Olinger & Dance, 1993). Humour is an important way for us to cope with stressors, negative emotions and

to Merriam-Webster, self-respect is a proper respect for oneself as a human being. I do not call it self-respect when I constantly beat myself down with words. One must put themselves in a position of self-respect with self-acceptance, self-worth and self-conceit. Prior to this time in my life, I would continuously bully myself with malicious words. This hurtful content would come from my own self or others. I had a visual idea of what I wanted myself to be. At the time, self-respect did not look

Humor has been said to play a large role in our everyday lives, including having an impact on ones well-being; mainly influencing their level of self esteem. Humor is often seen as a coping mechanism for dealing with stressful events throughout a person 's lifetime (Stieger, Formann, & Burger, 2011). For some time there has been the circulating idea that humor is directly related to positive life outcomes, but has been supported with very limited empirical evidence (Vaughan, Zeigler-Hill, & Arnau

As he said this, Mr. Freud had many controversial ideas about human personality and certain therapy uses that have influenced humanity's self-understanding. Psychology is the science of behavior and mental processes, along with this Psychology has many “branches” or areas as psychology is only a general idea. Self-concept or most knowingly as Self-Esteem, which is only one of the many “branches” of Psychology, has the highest effect on an organism’s mind that can change based who you know and

Summarizing a source In the article Cultural Stereotypes and the Self: A Closer Examination of Implicit Self-Stereotyping, Lun, Sinclair, and Cogburn explains that research has found that women and White Americans associate the self with in-group positive, but not negative stereotypic traits, which relates to higher self-esteem. The article tells us about individuality, “according to social identity theory, people tend to seek positive self-views through their social group memberships,” (Tajfel and Turner

Self- esteem, a word seldom heard, but holds a great deal of meaning. Many people have different ideas as to where self-esteem issues stem from, for example; in the essay, “Growing Up In Black and White” Author, Jack E. White explains that his three- year old daughter wished to be white, despite his best efforts to prevent this, black stereotypes were everywhere (211). More recently, I feel self-esteem is at an all-time low with the growth of the media constantly flashing photo shopped images to