Talk:Self-confidence/Archive 1

added a line
i added this line because it sounded true although the website i got it from was unrefrenced www.2knowmyself.com/self_confidence/Building_self_confidence "Self confidence is never inherited it's learned, so believing that you lack the genes or something like that is a popular myth."


 * No objections to this line but I don't think something sounding true is a good reason JordanZed 02:37, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

True —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.169.12.143 (talk) 21:17, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

This article is a piece of shit.
Everything included is just Feel Good mantra, without any required references. I vote this page to be deleted and just a redirect be set up to Wiktionary. 62.106.49.230 (talk) 04:43, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

i agree but is this not a problem with everything in the personal development sphere. For practitioners such as life coaches it is important to find nice sound bites that people desperate for self confidence etc will buy into. It is not in the interests of the industry to subject the ideas to analysis or scientific testing. I think a history of the concept could be interesting. It seems to be close to a popularization of social Darwinism. Strong individuals will win so if you want to be strong i will show you how for money.Alnpete (talk) 10:28, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

We need a new outline
This article does not succeed, because it is not structured. It is just a set of loose, incomplete, personal comments.

I think we need to define Self Confidence in terms of behavior. The DSM (Diagnistic and Statistical Manual of psyciatric disorders?) might be a good place to look for an example.

This article should also define self confidence in terms of subjective emotional experience and in terms of behavior. How do people behave who posess or lack self confidence? What is the difference between self confidence and self esteem? What is the difference between self confidence and narcissism? What is the difference between a lack of self confidence, timidity, shyness and anxiety? What roles do suspiciousness, anger and obsession and projection play? What roles do objectivity, success, respect, gratitude and trust play? Is there a scientific test that can help us to diagnose a deficit of self confidence? Can we be trained to develop or to lose our self confidence? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Biff alcatraz (talk • contribs) 22:51, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Agreed
The article needs a complete top-to-bottom restructuring, supported by academic psychology references (books other than a pop-psychology tome). As it is now, it seems more like promotion for one of the reference authors. The cognitive neuroscience literature would be a welcome addition here. rhyre (talk) 03:47, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

"It takes time and practice, but will certainly work"
i don't know about it certainly working. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.201.64.87 (talk) 04:28, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Possible change for Svines contribution
The sentences Svines added to this article were good. However, the second quote he quoted was not referenced by a website or a book, though it did have a preceding sentence where it did specify the person who quoted it.

--BSchaefferNERD (talk) 16:06, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Citation added
I added a citation for the quote by Christy Glass. I think Dr. Glass' comment/quote regarding the definition of self-confidence is direct and right on target. It is a good addition to the article. Fives enough (talk) 04:20, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

SCayce1230 added sentence
SCayce1230 new sentence added to the article about how you see yourself could lead to some disorders if you don't see yourself as you really are. her source looked correct citedAlyceBort (talk) 23:09, 8 October 2011 (UTC)AlyceBorrtAlyceBort (talk) 23:09, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[User:AlyceBort|AlyceBort]] (talk —Preceding undated comment added 23:07, 8 October 2011 (UTC).

Psy 101 Review
In this article you added some good information and used a good and reliable source (journal) to back it up, good job! Mp176418 (talk) 18:24, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

Psych 101 Review of students contributions to article
Madscientist29 provided valuable information that was backed up by multiple reliable sources. There were a few speling errors that i went back and corrected, but nothing major. Nicolebogue12 (talk) 20:28, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

That was a great quote that you added... good job! Rameyer13 (talk) 02:14, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Psych 101 Review
I found your added information very useful and informative. It was backed up by well sourced information. All your information was well explained and made sense. --GrantCiezadlo (talk) 03:18, 10 October 2011 (UTC)