The Motivated Self: Self-Affirmation and the Better-Than-Average Effect
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Published online on August 20, 2012
Abstract
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Ahead of Print.
Research has shown that individuals routinely espouse “better-than-average” beliefs across a host of traits, skills, and abilities. Although some theorists take this tendency as evidence of self-enhancement motives guiding the organization and ...
Research has shown that individuals routinely espouse “better-than-average” beliefs across a host of traits, skills, and abilities. Although some theorists take this tendency as evidence of self-enhancement motives guiding the organization and ...