His self esteem or our overall self elevation, the sum of all our self schemas and possible selves. Namely if we see ourselves as an attractive athletic smart invest in to be RICH IN LOVE well we have high self esteem yes see Johnny for current and Connie wool. When we feel good about a domain such as looks smart or whatever important to our self esteem. One person may have self esteem that is highly contingent on doing well in school and being physically attractive. Whereas another may have self esteem that is contingent on being loved by God and adhering to moral standards does. The first person will feel high self esteem or needs to feel smart and good looking.

And the second person when we feel more specific self perceptions do have some influence. If you think you're good and Matt, you will be more likely to do well with Matt. Over general self esteem doesn't predict academic perfect formance worry well, academic self concept, whether you think you're good in school does predict performance, of course, each causes the other. Doing well if not makes you think you're good in math, which then motivates you to do even better. So if you want to encourage someone or yourself, it is better if you are pretty specific, such as your good and Matt instead of general freeze your grade. And if you're trying to worst or reflect through ability and performance, such as you really improve on your last test rather than unrealistic optimism such as you can do anything does feedback is vast when it is true and specific.