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Social Psychology Exam 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is the planning fallacy? | tendency to underestimate how long it will take to complete a task |
| what is the impact bias? | overestimating the enduring impact of emotional causing events. we tend to recover emotionally quicker than we think we will |
| what is immune neglect? | tendency to underestimate the speed and strength of our psychological immune system |
| what is self-esteem? | a person's overall evaluation of themselves, their sense of self and attitude |
| what is self-serving bias? | tendency to perceive and present one's self favorably |
| what is the barnum effect? | tendency to accept favorable descriptions of our personality that are generally true for everyone |
| what are self-serving attributions? | tendency to attribute positive outcomes to one's self and negative outcomes to other factors |
| what is illusory optimism? | tendency to be unrealistically optimistic about ourselves or future life events. |
| what is the pollyanna principle? | we have a deep human tendency to look on the brightside |
| what is the false consensus effect? | tendency to overestimate ones undesirable or unsuccessful behaviors |
| what is false uniqueness effect? | tendency to underestimate the commonality of ones abilities or desireble/successful behaviors |
| what is self-handicapping? | protecting one's self-image with behaviors that create a handy excuse for late failure |