What is the relationship between selfesteem and social

What is the relationship between self-esteem and social behaviour? By Matt, Angus, Nick, Alex, and Ed

Self-esteem • • • What is self esteem? Beliefs we have about ourselves Who we think we are Our abilities Positives and negatives Expectations of the future

Curvilinear Model of Self-Esteem

Factors that shape and influence self-esteem • Thoughts and perceptions • How others people react • Experiences at home, school, work and within the community • Long/short term illness, disability or injury • Culture and religion • Role and status • Wealth or career • Media messages

Do you have high or low self-esteem? • Quiz time! • To understand attributes of high a low self-esteem • Don’t have to share your answers

Healthy self-esteem • Positive beliefs about ourselves and achievements • Troubles don’t have long term impacts • Eg, still having a high self esteem after a divorce

Low self-esteem • • Negative self beliefs Focus on their weaknesses and mistakes Self-blame for difficulties or failures Can’t see positives

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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Social Behaviour

What is social behaviour? • Social behaviour is whether another self is taken into account in one's acts, actions, or practices. • These come in many factors for example • Perceiving • Thinking • Moral • International • Expression

Social Actions • A social act is any intention, aim, plan, purpose, and so on which encompasses another self. • Examples of social acts • Courtship • Helping someone run for a political party • Teaching • Buying a gift

Non-Social Acts • Acts where your actions affect no body else apart from you • Examples of these are • Obtaining an educational degree • Different people answer the same question differently

Social Practices • A Social practise consist of • Norms • Custom • Habits • All of which help determine peoples feelings and emotions

Control? • Social behaviour is caused by our unconscious mind (Banaji, M. , and Greenwald, A. , 1995) • Past experiences subconsciously influence our judgment • Attitudes, self-esteem, and stereotypes occur without us realising

Freud’s Psychosexual Development • Personality and behaviour develop in stages from birth to an adult • Failure to pass through stages properly will effect our behaviour • Eg, Fascination with mouth (biting pen) if you have problems in the oral stage

Piliavin et. al. Subway Samaritans Diffusion of responsibility

Helping behaviour- gender and race • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=V 4 h. MF 8 BMe 9 A

• “The way we perceive ourselves in relation to the rest of the world plays an important role in our choices, behaviours and beliefs. ” (Cherry, K. ) • Behaviour & self view can be influenced by comparison and others view of us • Features of social behaviour that determine actions and selfview…

1. Social behaviour is goal-orientated

2. The interaction between the individual and the situation helps determine the outcome

3. People spend a great deal of time considering social situations • Reflected Appraisal Process • Social Comparison Process

4. We also analyse and explain the behaviour of those around us • Expectation Confirmation

5. We often believe that a person’s behaviour is a good indicator of their personality. • Theory of Correspondent Inferences

So what is the relationship? • Others social behaviour influences our self esteem • Self-evaluation is shaped through others • Symbolic Interactionism= we develop a sense of self from how we’re treated • Sociometer theory of self-esteem= selfesteem is formed through social interaction • Interpersonal rejection can lead to low self-esteem • People with high self-esteem have experienced positive interpersonal relationships

• Our behaviour’s determined by our want to improve our self-esteem. • Eg, helping someone to increase you self-worth or to get praise • Receiving makes us feel confident, with more self-worth, thinking we’re a better person • Negative-state Relief model= we help others to rid of negative emotions, instead of helping for them

Thanks for listening!