PSYC 353 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Psychophysiology, Positive Illusions, Depressive Realism
12 Dec 2018
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Do people really believe they are so wonderful: sample limitations, cultural limitations, self-deception and psychological well-being a. Self deception study: read short story out loud, everyone reads same story. How long it takes to recognize own voice: participants who just failed found self-awareness aversive- require more time to recognize sound of own voice. *after failure not likely to engage in self awareness i. *however 2 groups did not differ in recognizing others voices: findings suggest: failure induces motivation for self deception, relationship between self-deception and psychological well-being g. Self deception enhancement, self deception denial: self deception enhancement i. Unrealistically attribute positive characteristics to self: sdd i. Deny possession negative: two forms: personality traits i. ii. iii. People high in sde describe selves in terms too good to be true. I am fully in control of my fate, i always know why i like what i like. High in sdd disavow possessing common negative traits.
