PSY 005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Bias Blind Spot, Positive Illusions, Psy
4 Oct 2020
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Data suggests that the original participants had inflated views of their own generosity and more accurate views of other people. My future is better than average: unrealistic optimism: people estimate that they are more likely than average to experience positive events and less likely than average to experience negative events. In overestimated our chances of common positive events and underestimating our chances of rare negative events: experiment: actual survival rates for the relationships were 61% at six months and. Are unrealistic self-evaluation and unrealistic optimism adaptive or maladaptive: self-enhancement can be adaptive. "positive illusions" about the self are associated with contentment, high self- esteem, creativity, high effort, persistence at tasks, and coping effectively with stressful events. Studies have also linked self-enhancement to better coping with serious illness, better coping with stressful life events such as death of a spouse, and success in achievement settings: self-enhancement is not always adaptive. Excessive self-enhancers will be seen as arrogant and selfish (bragging)
