Psychology of Success, 4/e

Self-Esteem

Learning Objectives

After you have completed this chapter, you should be able to:

Define self-esteem and explain its importance.

Describe how childhood experiences affect self-esteem

Define self-expectancy and explain two ways to boost it.

Explain why self-acceptance is important for high self-esteem.

Explain how to change negative self-talk into positive self-talk.

Explain how to handle criticism well.

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