Friday, January 22, 2010

6.We are more willing to believe flattering description of ourselves than
unflattering ones.
7.We prefer to gather and seek confirmation of information that is likely
to be self-affirming.
8.We remember our own past in self enhancing ways.
9.We exhibit a wide-eyed optimism about our personal futures.
10.We guess that physically attractive people have personalities more like
our own than unattractive people.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

WE THE PEOPLE

1.People typically accept more responsibility for success than for failure, for
good deeds than for bad.People readily accept when told they have succeeded
yet attribute failure to bad luck or impossibility of the task.
2.Most people see themselves as relatively superior on nearly any dimension that is
both subjective and socially desirable.(Most Americans believe they are more ethical
than their counterparts)Most community residents see themselves as less prejudiced
than others in their communities.Most drivers-even those who involved in accidents
-believe themselves to be more skilled than the average driver.Most employees
rank rank themselves in the top 3.
3.We tend to justify our past actions.
4.We have an inflated confidence in the accuracy of our beliefs and judgments.
5.We over-estimate how desirably we would act in situations in which most people
are known to behave less than admirably.