PSYCH 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Positive Illusions
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The need to feel good about ourselves and maintain self-esteem. Particularly important after threat and failure: self-serving bias. Positive events to ourselves and negative evens to the situation. Better than other person in a specific domain. False uniqueness effect: on matter of ability and success, we are different than everybody else. Illusions of superiority: see ourselves more positivity than others see us. Illusions of control: we believer that we are in control of things more than we actually do. Unrealistic optimism about the future: "bought a house, make a lot of money" rosy future. Create obstacles that reduce likelihood of success ves. Create obstacles that reduce likelihood of success. Go party the night before the exam. Start feeling not so well before exam. People have a need for prediction, control, coherence. Epistemic: gives us a sense that our self beliefs are sensible and coherent and that the world is predictable. Pragmatic give us confidence that our interactions will proceed smoothly.
