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Measuring social desirability amongst men with intellectual disabilities: The psychometric properties of the Self- and Other-Deception Questionnaire—Intellectual Disabilities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background Social desirability has been construed as either inaccurately attributing positive characteristics to oneself (self-deception), or inaccurately denying that one possesses undesirable characteristics to others (other-deception or impression ...
Cicchetti   +21 more
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From political self-deception to self-deception in political theory

open access: yesEthics & Global Politics, 2020
In Political Self-Deception, Galeotti carves out valuable space for the analysis of behaviour on the part of political leaders that lies between straightforward deception and honest mistakes.
Alice Baderin
doaj   +1 more source

IS SELF-DECEPTION PRETENSE?

open access: yesManuscrito, 2015
I assess Tamar Gendler's (2007) account of self-deception according to which its characteristic state is not belief, but imaginative pretense. After giving an overview of the literature and presenting the conceptual puzzles engendered by the notion of ...
JOSÉ EDUARDO PORCHER
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Self-deceived individuals are better at deceiving others. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
Self-deception is widespread in humans even though it can lead to disastrous consequences such as airplane crashes and financial meltdowns. Why is this potentially harmful trait so common?
Shakti Lamba, Vivek Nityananda
doaj   +1 more source

Self-Deception in Psychology and Ethics with an Emphasis on the Views of Ayatollah Javadi Amoli [PDF]

open access: yesاخلاق وحیانی, 2017
Self-deception is a common phenomenon, which every human being experiences it in his/her life. However, it is not easy to explain its nature and the effective factors in its formation.
mahdi alizadeh, ali akbar teymory
doaj  

Examining well-being, anxiety, and self-deception in university students

open access: yesCogent Psychology, 2015
This study examined the combined influence of six positive psychology variables (optimism, hope, self-efficacy, grit, gratitude, and subjective life satisfaction), termed covitality, in relation to buffering individuals against anxiety symptoms.
Zachariah Sheridan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The tangled webs they weave: A scoping review of deception detection and production in relation to Dark Triad traits

open access: yesActa Psychologica, 2022
People deceive for different reasons, from avoiding interpersonal conflicts to preserving, protecting, and nurturing interpersonal relationships, and to obtaining social status and power.
Andreea Turi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Informational self-deception: deconstruction and reconstruction within philosophy of information

open access: yesInformation Research: An International Electronic Journal
Introduction. Hannah Arendt argues that, in the twentieth century, there arose diffuse systems of mendacity tied to information communication. Such ‘modern lies’ engendered self-deception among both officials and citizens, allowing the perpetuation of ...
Juliana Mestre
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Self-deception Beyond Speculation: A Narrative Review of the Empirical Research on Motivated False Beliefs

open access: yesStudia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Psychologia-Paedagogia
This narrative review explores the concept of self-deception, departing from its theoretical foundations in philosophy and psychology, and focusing on the pioneering empirical methods used to study it.
Mara Georgiana MOLDOVEANU   +1 more
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Representations and Decision Rules in the Theory of Self-Deception [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Self-deception is a powerful but overapplied theory. It is adaptive only when a deception-detecting audience is in the loop, not when an inaccurate representation is invoked as an internal motivator.
Pinker, Steven
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