Word: esteemed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...long been an article of faith among psychologists and educators that black achievement in business, sports, politics and the arts would result in growing self-esteem among black children. That belief was challenged last week by two studies, reported at a meeting in New York City of the American Psychological Association, indicating that the poor self-image of black youngsters seems to have changed little over the past four decades. Concluded Kenneth B. Clark, professor emeritus of psychology at City University of New York, whose classic study of black children in 1947 first disclosed the depth of the problem: "There...
Extending the Clarks' work, both studies examined whether self-esteem could be bolstered. In a half-hour session after the test, Hopson praised youngsters who chose a black doll and had them recite, "This is a nice doll . . . We like these dolls the best." When the preference test was repeated, Hopson reported a dramatic reversal: two-thirds of the black children selected a black doll (as did two-thirds of the whites). Inexplicably, McNicol's subjects showed no such change of heart...
...Slender and Designer Body weight-loss centers: "It's like marriage. We have to like and trust them, and they have to like and trust us." Dan Stamp, founder of Priority Management Systems, a Vancouver-based chain that helps executives organize their time, says he looks for "high self-esteem" in his franchisees...
...quite a conundrum. But, as the master says in The Red-Headed League, "as a rule, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be." Let us examine the evidence. We may eliminate any lobbying by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to win public esteem for his creations. He once confided to his mother, "I am in the middle of the last Holmes story, after which the gentleman vanishes, never to return. I am weary of his name...
...looking for people to fill entry- level jobs ((ECONOMY & BUSINESS, July 20)) that there is a group out there with disabilities who are ready and willing to work. My son is 20, mentally retarded and gainfully employed at McDonald's in Bakersfield, Calif. His functioning level and self-esteem have shot sky-high, and his employer has a dependable, capable employee who is happy to be working at any wage...