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Thursday, November 25, 2021
Self-deception strategies
Self-deception strategies are those ways people use to strengthen false beliefs about themselves.
Examples
A person who frequently drinks too much alcohol and gets overly angry denies they have a problem.
A person encouraged to believe they are very brave or courageous tolerates more pain--even dangerous levels-- than they would without such self-beliefs.
Read More
Baumeister, R. F. (1993). Lying to yourself: The enigma of self-deception. In M. Lewis & C. Saarni (Eds.), Lying and deception in everyday life (pp. 166-183). New York: Guilford Press
Goleman, D. (1985). Vital lies, simple truths: The psychology of self-deception. New York: Simon & Schuster.
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