Myth- Low self esteem Flashcards
What is the relationship between self esteem and school performance
School performance can cause higher self esteem
List some of the constructs self esteem was shown not to be correlated with
Poor mental health, smoking, alcohol or drug abuse
What construct is self esteem is only minimally correlated with
Interpersonal success
Why may people have thought self esteem led to better school grades?
Inferring a causal conclusion from a correlational study
What is the correlation between depression and low self esteem ?
Moderate but neither necessary nor sufficient for depression
What benefits are correlated with high self esteem
A greater initiative and persistence and happiness and emotional resilience
What tendency is related to self esteem
View oneself more highly than others do in intelligence, looks and likability despite not scoring any higher than average
What is the relationship between self esteem and aggression/ violence
Some evidence shows a link between low self esteem and aggression/ violence but high self esteem doesn’t show lower scores and high but unstable self esteem shows the highest scores for violence or aggression.
When do these people with High esteem tend to lash out at others?
They tend to be narcissistic and entitled and when challenged on this perceived worth (narcissistic injury) they lash out
What is meant by post hoc, ergo propter hoc? And how is it used in this context?
After this, therefore because of this reasoning, this was used in the context of commentators assuming the school shooters had low self esteem because they were teased and so shot up the school when they actually seen themselves as superior and treated all peers with contempt.
What does the author suggest about the relationship between violence and low self esteem?
B may cause A; violence may cause low self esteem, the school shooters may have seen the taunts as threats to their inflated self worth and seeked revenge.
How did aggressive people score themselves in popularity in comparison to non aggressive people?
Higher especially narcissistic people
Why is this myth potentially harmful
Self esteem courses are set up in many school and prison intervention programmes
