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Are you what you feel? The affective and cognitive determinants of self‐judgments
Author(s) -
Levine Stephen R.,
Wyer Robert S.,
Schwarz Norbert
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/ejsp.2420240105
Subject(s) - psychology , social psychology , conceptualization , competence (human resources) , interpersonal communication , cognition , affect (linguistics) , self esteem , developmental psychology , social competence , social change , communication , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , computer science , economics , economic growth
Subjects recalled an affect‐eliciting event that had occurred to them in either an achievement situation or an interpersonal situation. Recalling a positive or negative achievement experience (for which Subjects appeared to take personal responsibility) influenced judgments of their competence in achievement situations. Whereas thinking about a positive or negative interpersonal experience (for which subjects appeared to deny responsibility) did not influence judgments of their competence in social situations. On the other hand, both types of affect‐eliciting experiences influenced subjects' judgments of their competence in the domain to which these experiences had no direct implications, and also judgments of their general self‐esteem. Implications of these results for a more general conceptualization of self‐esteem and its stability are discussed.