310W part 4

Transcript

00:00

It's a myth because... 

00:08

Does not match with reality 

00:15

Not accurate 

00:26

Arrogance; feeling superior

00:31

Not much experiments were done 

00:35

Prone to social and antisocial actions

00:47

Difficulty in handling competitions and criticism

00:54

"Positive self-affirmations is not a good way to promote self-esteem but rather might causes one to be narcissistic."

01:06

Why is it a myth?

01:06

Not one of the best ways

01:13

Limited and restricted by one's self-esteem.

01:21

Makes those with low self-esteem feel worse

01:29

Can lead to narcissism

01:29

Narcissistic means to admire yourself too much.

01:45

Dear diary, Josh was showing off again -_-

01:47

He keeps thinking he is better than other kids and

01:48

that he is so handsome asking strangers to confirm it. Someone help!

02:18

“participants with relatively low self-esteem experienced adverse effects from self-affirmation…. self-affirmed participants with low self-esteem showed higher psychological discomfort, higher personal risk discounting, and lower message acceptance than unaffirmed participants.”

02:43

"The current research demonstrates that self-affirmation can also deflate motivation and performance, a pattern consistent with goal disengagement."