The Rational Side of Egocentrism in Social Comparisons

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What Does It Mean to be Biased: Motivated Reasoning and Rationality (2014, background): “Kruglanski and Ajzen (1983) noted that 56 Ulrike Hahn and Adam J.”
A dynamic approach to psychological strength development and intervention (2011, unknown): “Linley (2008), for example, endorses an evolutionary perspective in which environmental circumstances, over time, shape strengths. Buckingham and Clifton (2001) emphasize the role of natural synaptic connections in the manifestations of talent, which they consider to be an integral aspect of strengt”
Not so Above Average After All: When People Believe They are Worse than Average and its Implications for Theories of Bias in Social Comparison (2007, unknown): “Inconsistency between direct and indirect comparative judgments (diVerential weighting) ConXation Question vagueness (Moore, 2006) DiVerential accessibility Referent vagueness (Kruger et al., 2006) Vagueness of evaluation dimension (Burson & Klayman, 2005)”