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 so...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Guilford Press
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798433506719 |
| 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 |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (544 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781609180034 9781282906785 9786612906787 9781609180041 |
