PSYCH 2C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Attribution Bias, Long-Term Memory
5 Mar 2020
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Lecture 31 intro to self esteem three sources of evidence of why se is important: most people have high se. 93% of canadians have se above the average" amount of se predicated as regular". **having biases that help them hold a high se** (self perceived v. objective distinction: self perceived invokes the possibility of biases, most people engage in self-serving cognitive biases to enhance or maintain their se. Biases that help us cope with failure. Discounting when you have a set back, you can easily brush it off. Most people will do whatever it takes to maintain their positive se (even if it involves hurting others) If it was easy and they"re told they have to do another one: feel confident about doing it. Idea = gives you an excuse for why you did poorly; walk away. We use various mechanisms to maintain / enhance our se.
