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PositiveIllusions

Notes about positive illusions for Applied Social Psychology

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Depressed are more accurate Alloy
Positive Illusions Taylor, 1988
Positive Illusions - Judgements of Control Alloy, 1979
Positive Illusions - Self is better than others Lewinsohn; Griffin, 1996
Positive Illusions - Unrealistic optimism Dowse & McClure, 1996
Cognitive theory on depression Beck
Learned helplessness Silgman
Cross-cultural differences Heine & Lehman, 1997
High well-being? Boyd-Wilson & McClure, 2004
In business Biais & Hilton, 2005
Unrealistic optimism - Quakes in Welly Spital, McClure et al., 2005
Unrealistic optimism - motorcyclists Rulter, 1998
Reducing optimism - personal experience Burger & Palmer, 1992
Reducing optimism - others experience McDaniels, 1998
Reducing optimism - Others prevenative action Weinstein
Reducing optimism - Accountability McKenna
Illusion of control - drivers vs. passengers Horswill & McKenna, 1999
Denial of risk - vulnerable flats Lennhan & Taylor, 1988
Heuristiscs - Availability Slovic, 1982
Heuristics - Affect Slovic, 2000
Adaptive features of illusions Help cope with stress, enhance achievement, stregthen social networks, make people happier
Downside of illusions Ignore, downplay and underestimate risks and we persist at boring tasks
Criticism - confuses issues 1. normals have illusions 2. illusions enhance wellbeing
Created by: southeange
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