Handbook of Self-Enhancement and Self-Protection.

This is the first major volume dedicated to the processes by which people exaggerate their virtues, deemphasize their shortcomings, or protect themselves against threatening feedback. Leading investigators present cutting-edge work on the key role of self-enhancing and self-protective motives in soc...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Alicke, Mark D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Guilford Publications, 2010.
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Summary:This is the first major volume dedicated to the processes by which people exaggerate their virtues, deemphasize their shortcomings, or protect themselves against threatening feedback. Leading investigators present cutting-edge work on the key role of self-enhancing and self-protective motives in social perception, cognition, judgment, and behavior. Compelling topics include the psychological benefits and risks of self-enhancement and self-protection; personality traits and contextual factors that make certain individuals more likely to hold distorted views of the self; innovative approaches to.
Physical Description:1 online resource (544 pages)
ISBN:9781609180041
1609180046