The Drop in Self-Esteem Often Found When Children First Enter

question 17

Multiple Choice

The drop in self-esteem often found when children first enter senior primary school to be due to

• A)the acquisition of concrete operational thinking.
• B)peer comparisons.
• C)changes in ethnic identity.
• D)the illusion of invulnerability.

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Definitions:

All-Or-Nothing Thinking

A cognitive distortion involving seeing situations in only two categories instead of on a continuum, such as completely right or completely wrong with no middle ground.

Overgeneralization

A cognitive distortion where an individual applies a general rule too broadly, based on a single incident.

Jumping To Conclusions

A cognitive distortion where an individual makes a premature, often negative, interpretation without sufficient evidence.

Humanistic Approaches

A psychological perspective that emphasizes the study of the whole person and the uniqueness of each individual's experience.