Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
& Personality
Chapter 11
SELF
• All the Characteristics of the Person
– Overrate ourselves
– Blame our failures
– Claim our victories
– As a rule, only depressed people truly have low
self-esteem
What’s the problem?
“Because of self-esteem”
Backlash against Self-Esteem
Generation Me
• More initiative
• Happier, less depressed
– As long as things are going well.
– Meaning
– Purpose
• Problems:
– Weak sense of trust
– Little autonomy or initiative
– Lack of industry
Paths to Identity
• Identity diffusion
– No crisis/ commitment
• Identity foreclosure
– Commitment/ no crisis
• Identity moratorium
– Crisis/ no commitment
• Self-absorption
• Self-indulgence