KLPNO
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Hello everyone.
From the book Psychology of Hope by Charles Snyder.
My view is that the considerable amounts of money and effort spent in self-esteem programs would be better invested in teaching our children how to set and attain their goals (i.e., raising hope) and in having these achievements appreciated by their parents and teachers. Children have low self-esteem at home, in school and, most importantly, in their minds, because they are not able to reach their goals. In the future of our species, the bottom line is that we are going to have to think about and achieve some difficult individual and collective goals. Hope is the underlying cognitive mechanism for this process, and self-esteem is a natural, welcomed bonus when we succeed.
Perhaps this successful goal movement and self-esteem sequence is best illustrated in children. Young children almost automatically think positively of themselves (i.e., high self-esteem); as they grow older, however, some children have higher while others have lower self-esteem. What has happened? The answer, in part, is that the children have adjusted their levels of self-esteem to reflect their overall success at reaching goals. The higher hope, more successful child also has high self-esteem; more poignantly, the low-hope, unsuccessful child acquires low self-esteem. I pick up on this issue later in chapters on the development and demise of hope.
www.thefreedictionary.com
1. A following of one thing after another; succession.
2. An order of succession; an arrangement.
Am I correct in thinking that "sequence" is used in its either first or second meaning and the phrase in question can be rephrased as "sequence consisting of successful goal movement (where goal movement = goal attainment) and self-esteem (where self-esteem implies higher self esteem)"?
From the book Psychology of Hope by Charles Snyder.
My view is that the considerable amounts of money and effort spent in self-esteem programs would be better invested in teaching our children how to set and attain their goals (i.e., raising hope) and in having these achievements appreciated by their parents and teachers. Children have low self-esteem at home, in school and, most importantly, in their minds, because they are not able to reach their goals. In the future of our species, the bottom line is that we are going to have to think about and achieve some difficult individual and collective goals. Hope is the underlying cognitive mechanism for this process, and self-esteem is a natural, welcomed bonus when we succeed.
Perhaps this successful goal movement and self-esteem sequence is best illustrated in children. Young children almost automatically think positively of themselves (i.e., high self-esteem); as they grow older, however, some children have higher while others have lower self-esteem. What has happened? The answer, in part, is that the children have adjusted their levels of self-esteem to reflect their overall success at reaching goals. The higher hope, more successful child also has high self-esteem; more poignantly, the low-hope, unsuccessful child acquires low self-esteem. I pick up on this issue later in chapters on the development and demise of hope.
sequence
Definition, Synonyms, Translations of sequence by The Free Dictionary
www.thefreedictionary.com
1. A following of one thing after another; succession.
2. An order of succession; an arrangement.
Am I correct in thinking that "sequence" is used in its either first or second meaning and the phrase in question can be rephrased as "sequence consisting of successful goal movement (where goal movement = goal attainment) and self-esteem (where self-esteem implies higher self esteem)"?
