PSYCH253 Lecture Notes - Impact Bias, Extraversion And Introversion, Autobiographical Memory
16 Apr 2013
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Basically a distortion of information to maintain a positive self-view (protect self from threat) Occurs when we draw self-serving conclusions that differ from conclusions an objective party would draw given the same information. Self-serving attribution: success = claim, failure = blame external factors. Distancing rom others: birg: bask in reflected glory (we, corf: cut off reflected failure (they) Better than average: self> average on good traits, self< average on bad traits. Unrealistic optimism: good events = likely for me, bad events = unlikely for me. Estimating base rates: false uniqueness: own good abilities/acts = rare, false consensus: own bad abilities/outcomes = common. Read about biases then rated own (vs. others) susceptibility to each bias. For every bias studied they said they themselves were less susceptibility compared to everyone else. We selectively access memories that fit our desired belief. Can we generate sufficient support for desired belief: if so we will reach desired conclusion vice versa.
