"This is about accurately and authen cally encouraging yourself or using words of encouragement or
acknowledgment that are consistent with your truth." The theory, which is laid out in Steele's 1988
paper, goes on to postulate that people are mo vated to maintain views of themselves as morally good
and competent. Studies have shown that doing simple self-a rming exercises, such as wri ng about
core personal values before a test, raised minority student achievement in school, with some evidence of
ong-las ng e ects, according to a 2014 review paper
Hello Samantha. This post is really interes ng to me. I have always wanted to prac ce self-arma ons
but have felt odd when trying. Almost a fraudulent trying to "fake it Il I make it" type of feeling. Many
of the points by Allyson Chiu were instrumental. Even the Self A rma on theory itself pushes for using
di erent methods to get people to change their self-talk. She even goes on to say that it can produce the
same feeling of drugs and sex. "Other studies show that a rma on ac vi es can ac vate the brain's
reward system -- the same system that responds to sex or drugs." (Chiu, 2022)
Chiu, A. May 2, 2022 How to make self-a rma on work, based on science Washington Post.
hps://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2022/05/02/do-self-a rma ons-work/
Hello Paul. Your post about GMOs is interes ng and I can see them being connected to physical
wellness. Although the GMO has allowed for crops to last longer on the shelves and become more
resistant to disease,there are s Il some reserva ons about what the modi ca on could do to the people
who ingest these foods, in the long run. As you stated, "People are afraid that with the new technology
the laws of unintended consequences will catch up, and that some of the new plants could have
catastrophic e ects on the other plants, as well as the people who eat them." Overall, this was a really
good ar cle that I will look into further. Richard, A. (2015). Gene cally modi ed organisms (gmos). In K.
AIbala (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of food issues (Vol. 1, pp. 711-715). SAGE Publica ons, Inc.,
h ps://dx.doi.org/10.4135/978148334tt304.n213
Researchers propose that this is because we have a psychological protec on system--a system that
involves a variety of automa c, defensive mental strategies that protect our self-esteem from
plumme ng in the face of threats (Sherman ff Cohen, 200tt)
(Sherman ff Cohen, 200tt).
(Sherman ff Cohen, 200tt).
In the Ar cle in Psychology today wri en by Tchiki Davis, she talks about the science that is Self-
Arma on Theory. The theory was originally popularized in the late 1980's by Claude Steele. She states,
Self-a rma on theory is based on the idea that we are mo vated to maintain our self-worth in the face
of threats. This is directly related to the emo onal wellness. Davis goes on to explain how individu