#284 Abraham Tesser: The Self-evaluation Maintenance Model
RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 11th, 2019.
Dr. Abraham Tesser is Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Georgia. His research has made significant contributions to several areas in the field of Social Psychology. He created the self-evaluation maintenance model, a theory in social psychology that focuses on the motives for self-enhancement.
In this episode, we talk about the self-evaluation maintenance model. We refer to how it helps us better understand how people navigate their personal relationships, and how they compare themselves to others. We also discuss things like the “self”, self-esteem, and personal growth. Toward the end, Dr. Tesser also speculates a bit on how self-evaluation might have evolved in our species.
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The self-evaluation maintenance model
Self-evaluation is mostly a subconscious process
The cases where people compare themselves to one another
The people we compare ourselves to more often
What do we expect to get from close relationships?
Why people hurt their relationships the most
Is there any relationship between self-evaluation and self-esteem?
Personal growth
Self-evaluation and relationship dynamics
Interfering with other people’s performance
Self-evaluation maintenance and evolution
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Faculty page: http://bit.ly/32EMN3U
Social Psychology Network profile: http://bit.ly/2Cv0vMa
ResearchGate profile: http://bit.ly/2mi6Tl0