THE HIDDEN SELF

Contains all that you know of yourself that you keep secret

Ex : dream, secret THE UNKNOWN SELF

Represent truths about yourself that neither you nor others know

“the value you place on yourself”

The affective component of self, a person’s positive and negative self-evaluation.

( In contrast to self-concept, which reflect our beliefs and cognitions regarding the self, self

esteem is more emotionally oriented )

•How much do you like yourself ? How valuable a person do you think ? The answer to these questions reflect your self-esteem

•Self-esteem is important : when you feel good about yourself, you will perform better; when you think you’ re a failure, you act like failure.

•Increasing self-esteem, help you to function more effectively

LowSelf-esteem

LowPerformance expectation

High anxiety

Reduced effort

Actual failure

The Cycle of Low Self-esteem. People with low self-esteem who expect to do poorly on a test will

probably experience high anxiety and not work as hard. As a result, they actually fail, which in turn

conforms their negative view of themselves

Despite its intuitive value, self-esteem is not without its critics. Some researchers argue that high self-esteem is not necessarily desirable : it does nothing to improve academic performance, does not predict

success, and may lead to antisocial (aggressive) behavior. Surprisingly large number of criminals and delinquents are found to have extremely high self-esteem. And conversely many people who

have extremely low self-esteem have become successful.

PRESENTING THE SELF TO THE WORLD

1. Impression Management or Self-presentation

2. Self Monitoring

IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT : selling

ourselves to others

The process by which people

attempt to create positive

impression regarding

themselves.