Relationship between self-esteem and sensory (perceptual) constancy.

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This study explored the relationship between self-esteem and sensory constancy, as measured by the perception of shape. 85 preadolescent males, representing 5 types of self-esteem, were individually asked to match a geometric shape with 1 of a graded series of rectangles. The procedure was intended to elicit judgments in accord with sensory rather than phenomenal constancy. These judgments were obtained under stress and nonstress orientations. The results, indicating that persons high in their estimates of personal worth are better able to attain sensory constancy, were limited to the stress condition. It is hypothesized that persons high in self-esteem can adapt more appropriately to instructions and adopt an analytic attitude excluding distracting stimuli. (20 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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