d opportunity for making self evaluations, whether concerning educational and social capabilities, or otherwise. A number of my friends (students of varying institutions, including Miami Univ.: both Western campus residents and individuals living on Main Campus) and I have realized that upon coming to college, a vast array of opportunities/ demands have been made available to us. Along with educational opportunities/demands being presented at every angel (mandatory classes, optional classes, lecture series, well known guest speakers, etc) , sessions are made available for acquiring skill in the areas of dance, sports, theater, computers, career training: the list is almost endless. And one could go on and on about the social skills that are developed ever day upon a college campus, whether ones free will or not. As stated before, students come into contact with many different kinds of people on a weekly basis by way of classes, jobs, parties, meals, dorm living, recreational activities, and by simply traveling through the campus. By being forced to associate with professors, managers, and other college students, one must either allow themselves to be forced into these realms of self-enhancement and personal development: realms which simultaneously and inevitably lead to self evaluation. According to Baron and Bryne, Having high self-esteem means that an individual likes himself or herself. Such evaluations are based in part on the opinions of others and in part on specific experiences. (p. 170-171). They continue to state that Different levels of self esteem can bee associated with specific aspects of ourselves... Global self esteem is based on a multitude of such specific evaluations(171). And according to Dutton and Brown ...specific self evaluations predict cognitive reactions to success and failure whereas global self esteem predicts emotional reactions to such outcomes (Baron &Byrne). In these statements alone, we s...
