Self-Enhancement Motive

 The Self-Enhancement Motive is the desire to learn favorable or flattering news about oneself.

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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.

Self-acceptance

 Self-acceptance is the evaluation of yourself as good without making any changes. You are acceptable as you are right now.