Self-Organization and Social Organization-[Chiu, Peng, Morris].pdf

Self-Esteem – page 1
Self-Esteem:
It’s Not What You Think
Jonathon D. Brown and Margaret A. Marshall
University of Washington
Under Review, Psychological Review

I. The Nature of Self-Esteem ....................................................................................................2
A. Three Ways the Term Is Used......................................................................................... 2
B. A Cognitive (Bottom-Up) Model of Self-Esteem........................................................... 4
C. An Affective (Top-Down) Model of Self-Esteem .......................................................... 5
II. Testing the Affective Model.................................................................................................. 6
A. Self-Esteem and Self-Evaluation .................................................................................... 6
B. Self-Esteem and Emotion.............................................................................................. 12
C. Comparing Global Self-Esteem and Specific Self-Views ............................................ 17
III. General Discussion.............................................................................................................. 20
A. Why Distinguish the Three Uses of Self-Esteem?........................................................ 23
B. Understanding William James ...................................................................................... 23
C. The Benefits of Having High Self-Esteem.................................................................... 25
D. Is This Really High Self-Esteem?................................................................................. 26
E. What Gives High Self-Esteem People the Ability to Respond Adaptively to Failure? 27
IV. Concluding Remarks ........................................................................................................... 28
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