That's probably what you're asking yourself, and well, I'm here to answer that. I am a Psychology/Music double major currently attending Seattle University. You're probably thinking to yourself, "So what? What does this have to do with me?"
In response to that, have you ever heard someone say:
-"Just believe you can do it, and you WILL do it!"
-"Tell yourself constantly how AWESOME you are!"
-"People with high self esteem do way better than people who don't have that same mindset."
Does that really help you accomplish the goal that you are pursuing? Or does it put more pressure on you? Does it help your productivity?
I'm here to get to the bottom of this perpetuated saying in society. There is a strong belief that if you have high self esteem than you will be more productive, while at the same time producing better results.
Let's find out if it's true or not. With research I intend to help you, as well as me, figure out if this is absolutely true, partially true, or completely false.
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I really respect you for researching this ambiguous topic. "That match" is gonna be your key term, isn't it? I look forward to seeing how you define the concept of the idea:)
ReplyDeleteHere are some possible reasoning errors that I thought of.
1) We want to believe it works. It feels great when we think we are better than others. Praising myself is such an easy task, so I really hope the idea works!
2) Causation, Correlation: Does a high self-esteem make one do better, or one obtains his/her self-esteem because he/she is productive in the first place? There may be third variables around the idea too.