Self-Affirmation
Giving encouraging words can brighten up a person’s day. The act of showing support makes
another person think that people are there to lift one’s spirit. Life always has its ups and downs,
and the thought of receiving comfort from other people who inspires you to keep trying and
trying until things turn out well. But is it enough to rely on the encouraging words from other
people? Does a person have the ability to lift his/her spirits? This lesson will answer this burning
question that can make a difference between resignation and giving up.
“If no one thinks you can, then you have to.”
Ask your classmates about their opinions on the quote.
A self-defeating attitude can be a bitter pill to swallow. No matter how much you want to improve
yourself, negative beliefs always find your way to remind you of your faults and imperfections. Is
there a way of defeating this monster that eats up your self-worth? Improving yourself and
maintaining your self-confidence is always a popular topic when studying and observing human
behavior. Let us learn more about how you can defeat uncertainties and improve ourselves.
Affirmations happen when there is a need to reprogram the subconscious mind. It is used to
encourage you to believe specific things about yourself and the world around you. Affirmations
help you in attracting positive things or objects. Some examples of these things or objects
include attracting wealth, love, or even happiness.
What is Self-Affirmation?
Self-affirmation is described as the behavioral or cognitive events that sustain, strengthen and
support the perception of self-integrity (Steele, 1988, cited by Schmeichel and Vohs in 2009).
The term self-affirmation is also defined as the process of focusing on your most important
values. The values mentioned are based on the set of goals or people whom you regard as very
important. Give example and include a picture about self-affirmation.
Self-integrity is your perception or belief that you are virtuous, rightful, and is capable of
predicting and controlling outcomes. Self-integrity is present in all cultures and different points in
history. There is a shared belief in all cultures of what it means to be a person with self-integrity.
, Self-integrity means that you are following the concepts of agency, virtue, and goodness. Self-
affirmation theory evaluates how you keep your self-integrity when it is under attack.
Self-affirmation is a form of self-help technique. Its primary job is to develop self-control. Self-
affirmation runs counter to the tendency of automatic responses. Simply put, habitual acts and
thoughts are controlled, suppressed, or changed so that self-control is developed and
practiced.
In the article written by Timothy A. Pychyl, a psychologist whose area of expertise is the study of
procrastination, he highlighted the recent studies that concentrated on self-affirmations. The
results of these studies suggest that self-affirmation modifies how you think about tasks and
goals. When there is self-affirmation, you view them in an abstract or value-oriented way. The
authors of the research emphasized that self-affirmation is a powerful aid against negative
feedback. This results in less defensiveness and makes you more open and level-headed in
response. Self-affirmations strengthen self-concept.
Origins of Self-Affirmation
The experts in the field of Psychology suggested that you have personal regard and that it is
present as early as the infancy stage. Daniel Gilbert, a social psychologist, and his colleagues
claim that people have a built-in psychological immune system that facilitates protective
adaptations or protective mechanisms when the selfregard is threatened. These mechanisms
come in the form of rationalization (justification) or explaining why our behavior is that way, and
reality-distortion. Give example.
Tony Greenwald said that the self is totalitarian. It interprets events in a way that it
complements its desires and needs. You tend to believe that you can control the outcomes. You
like taking excessive credit for success. However, you tend to deny responsibility when failure
happens. Moreover, you are too optimistic when predicting your success but are not paying too
much attention to your incompetence. You refuse to learn new things because of the belief that
you are always right.
Self-Affirmation Theory
This theory was created by Claude Steele. It asserts that the main goal of the self is to protect
its self-integrity. When the self-integrity is in danger, you respond in a way that the self-worth is
restored. It affects the cognitive, physical, and actual behavior of a person.
Giving encouraging words can brighten up a person’s day. The act of showing support makes
another person think that people are there to lift one’s spirit. Life always has its ups and downs,
and the thought of receiving comfort from other people who inspires you to keep trying and
trying until things turn out well. But is it enough to rely on the encouraging words from other
people? Does a person have the ability to lift his/her spirits? This lesson will answer this burning
question that can make a difference between resignation and giving up.
“If no one thinks you can, then you have to.”
Ask your classmates about their opinions on the quote.
A self-defeating attitude can be a bitter pill to swallow. No matter how much you want to improve
yourself, negative beliefs always find your way to remind you of your faults and imperfections. Is
there a way of defeating this monster that eats up your self-worth? Improving yourself and
maintaining your self-confidence is always a popular topic when studying and observing human
behavior. Let us learn more about how you can defeat uncertainties and improve ourselves.
Affirmations happen when there is a need to reprogram the subconscious mind. It is used to
encourage you to believe specific things about yourself and the world around you. Affirmations
help you in attracting positive things or objects. Some examples of these things or objects
include attracting wealth, love, or even happiness.
What is Self-Affirmation?
Self-affirmation is described as the behavioral or cognitive events that sustain, strengthen and
support the perception of self-integrity (Steele, 1988, cited by Schmeichel and Vohs in 2009).
The term self-affirmation is also defined as the process of focusing on your most important
values. The values mentioned are based on the set of goals or people whom you regard as very
important. Give example and include a picture about self-affirmation.
Self-integrity is your perception or belief that you are virtuous, rightful, and is capable of
predicting and controlling outcomes. Self-integrity is present in all cultures and different points in
history. There is a shared belief in all cultures of what it means to be a person with self-integrity.
, Self-integrity means that you are following the concepts of agency, virtue, and goodness. Self-
affirmation theory evaluates how you keep your self-integrity when it is under attack.
Self-affirmation is a form of self-help technique. Its primary job is to develop self-control. Self-
affirmation runs counter to the tendency of automatic responses. Simply put, habitual acts and
thoughts are controlled, suppressed, or changed so that self-control is developed and
practiced.
In the article written by Timothy A. Pychyl, a psychologist whose area of expertise is the study of
procrastination, he highlighted the recent studies that concentrated on self-affirmations. The
results of these studies suggest that self-affirmation modifies how you think about tasks and
goals. When there is self-affirmation, you view them in an abstract or value-oriented way. The
authors of the research emphasized that self-affirmation is a powerful aid against negative
feedback. This results in less defensiveness and makes you more open and level-headed in
response. Self-affirmations strengthen self-concept.
Origins of Self-Affirmation
The experts in the field of Psychology suggested that you have personal regard and that it is
present as early as the infancy stage. Daniel Gilbert, a social psychologist, and his colleagues
claim that people have a built-in psychological immune system that facilitates protective
adaptations or protective mechanisms when the selfregard is threatened. These mechanisms
come in the form of rationalization (justification) or explaining why our behavior is that way, and
reality-distortion. Give example.
Tony Greenwald said that the self is totalitarian. It interprets events in a way that it
complements its desires and needs. You tend to believe that you can control the outcomes. You
like taking excessive credit for success. However, you tend to deny responsibility when failure
happens. Moreover, you are too optimistic when predicting your success but are not paying too
much attention to your incompetence. You refuse to learn new things because of the belief that
you are always right.
Self-Affirmation Theory
This theory was created by Claude Steele. It asserts that the main goal of the self is to protect
its self-integrity. When the self-integrity is in danger, you respond in a way that the self-worth is
restored. It affects the cognitive, physical, and actual behavior of a person.
