yaojia-lei
Yaojia Lei
Lin. Guo
ENL207
14 December 2016
Differences In Judging Self and Others
Is there a difference between self judgment and judging others? My answer is yes. Many students might not recognize it. But the difference does exist. Due to these reasons:1. Self-judgment is more accurate.2.self-judgment is more positive.3. private things can not be judged.
People tend to judge themselves more accurate than they judge others, because ‘they may include relevant and valid information not available to the peers’(John and Robins,206). This means that when I make a mistake I will go easy on myself, because I know I am not intended to make that mistake and I have reasons for it. But if I see someone else do it I would assume there is something wrong with his or her personality, because I do not have much information about them. So there is a difference between judging others and self due to accuracy.
People are more likely to accept and generate positive judgments for themselves according to self-enhancement theory. ‘self-enhancement involves a preference for positive over negative self views’(Sedikides,102-116). In other words, when people make a judgment about themselves, they will choose words that enhance their self-esteem. Make themselves feel better. But they will not do that when they make judgments to others. So there is a difference between judging others and self due to self-enhancement theory.
There is more private things that can not be judged. For example, emotion. ‘Given the subjective quality of emotion ratings, most researchers have apparently assumed that it would be difficult for peers to judge the emotional lives of other people…’(Watson and Clark,928). In other words, people judge others by others’ behaviors and the behaviors are affected by others’ emotions. People who lost his or her temper will do something that he or she will not do on usual. We can not judge whether he or she is acting emotionally or not. But we do know when we are not in a good mood. So we have reasons for acting weirdly. But we have no ideas about others. Then, there is a difference between judging self and others.
Some people would say that there is no difference between judging self and judging others, because we all get self-judgment form others’ words. ‘even the youngest children were able to accurately infer peers’ judgments of them’ (Malloy, Albright and Scarpati, abstract). On the other hand, if two people get same judgments from others, there will no difference in self-judgment and judging others. But I do not think so, according to the self-enhancement theory, people tend to accept positive judgment to accomplish self-esteem. It means that even two people get same judgments from others, this two will not think they own same personality. Both of them will accept positive judgments and make excuses for their negative judgments but only for self not each other. So there is a difference between self-judgment and judging others.
In conclusion, I am pretty sure that there is a difference between self-judgment and judging others. Not just because people have more valid information when they judge themselves but also because the self-enhancement theory and private things are hardly judged by others. Even some people would say that same judgments from others to two people will lead no difference between judging self and another one. I insist that even this two have same evaluation from others, they still have higher self-judgment to themselves. So, next time, when we are going to make a judgment, we should think more about it.
Works Cited
| John, Oliver P., and Richard W. Robins. “Accuracy and bias in self-perception: individual differences
in self-enhancement and the role of narcissism.” Journal of personality and social psychology 66.1 (1994):
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Sedikides, Constantine, and Aiden P. Gregg. “Self-enhancement: Food for thought.” Perspectives
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Sedikides, Constantine, and Aiden P. Gregg. “Self-enhancement: Food for thought.” Perspectives on Psychological Science 3.2 (2008): 102-116.Malloy, Thomas E., Linda Albright, and Stan Scarpati. “Awareness of peers’ judgments of oneself: Accuracy and process of metaperception.” International Journal of Behavioral Development 31.6 (2007): 603-610.
Watson, David, and Lee A. Clark. “Self-versus peer ratings of specific emotional traits: Evidence of convergent and discriminant validity.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 60.6 (1991): 927.
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