TEXT D One source of a poor
self-concept is an inaccurate self-perception. Such unrealistic pictures
sometimes come from being overly hard on yourself, believing that you’re worse
than the facts indicate. By learning to take a realistic view of yourself, it
will be possible to see whether you have been selling yourself short. Of course,
it would be foolish to deny that you could be a better person than you are, but
it’s also important to recognize your strengths. An
unrealistically poor self-concept can also arise from the inaccurate feedback of
others. Perhaps you are in an environment where you receive an excessive number
of downer messages, many of which are undeserved, and a minimum of upper
messages. We’ve known many housewives, for example’ who have returned to college
after many years spent in homemaking, where they received virtually no
recognition for their intellectual strengths. It’s amazing that these
women have the courage to come to college at all, so low are their
self-concepts; but come they do, and most are excited to find that they are much
brighter and more competent intellectually than they suspected. In the same way,
workers with overly critical supervisors, children with cruel "friends", and
students with unsupportive teachers all tend to have low self-concepts owing to
excessively negative feedback. If you fall into this category,
it’s important to put the unrealistic evaluations you receive to attention and
then to seek out more supportive people who will acknowledge your value as well
as point out your shortcomings. Doing so is often a quick and sure
boost. Why does the author think women usually have a poor self-concept of themselves
A．because most of them work at home. B．Because most of them have little schooling. C．Because most of them are less competent than men. D．Because their work is rarely praised.