List the five main aspects of self-concepts in Harter's Self-Perception Profile for Children, and explain how children form these self-evaluations. What is the relationship between self-evaluations in the five areas and global self-esteem?

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

The ideal answer should include:
1. The five main aspects of self-perception are scholastic competence, social competence, athletic competence, physical appearance, and behavioral conduct.
2. How children form these self-evaluations:
a) Children have an improved ability to understand the views that other people have of them.
b) Children engage in a process of social comparison (comparing the self to others on a dimension such as academic competence, physical appearance, etc.).
3. Self- evaluations in the five areas each make independent and cumulative contributions to overall self-worth, meaning that self-evaluation could be low in one area and high in others.
a) Rating themselves highly in some areas leads to overall high self-esteem.
b) For younger children, physical appearance makes a strong contribution to self-esteem.