Hi there,
I am wondering how people's self-esteem can be reliably pushed down via experimental manipulation? Via fake negative performance feedback? Social exclusion? Or something else entirely? Which method produces the most robust (i.e., replicable and consistent) effects?
I don't know whether the question is still under debate, but maybe it is helpful. You could present a difficult or a non-sensical performance test and provide fictitious feedback ("Your test score was among the lowest 5% of all participants tested"). The non-sense task could be even better to avoid that the participants have any prior experience or knowledge regarding any particular test (e.g., intelligence test). This is adapted from a study but unfortunately, I cannot remember the study itself.
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