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Directions and beliefs of self-presentational bias
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 February 2011
Abstract
The target article tends to conflate self-deception and self-enhancement, but biased self-presentation can be negative as well as positive. Self-deceiving self-diminishers may be depressed and non-self-deceiving self-diminishers may project false modesty. The article's otherwise brilliant argument for the advantages of self-deceptive self-enhancement for deceiving others may underemphasize the risks it entails for poor decision making.
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Directions and beliefs of self-presentational bias
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