SELF-DECEPTION

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N., Pam M.S.
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1. A failure to see your own limitations. 2. Developing a false or an unrealistic concept of you. To deceive you by making unrealistic self-concept and thinking about development of good traits that doesn

SELF-DECEPTION: "Joe used self-deception in believing he could do anything he wanted."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. BOUNDED RATIONALITY
  2. FALSE-UNIQUENESS EFFECT
  3. SELF-DEROGATION
  4. CRIMINAL ANTHROPOLOGY
  5. CONSUMER EDUCATION
  6. LATENT TRAIT THEORY
  7. BOUNDED RATIONALITY
  8. DEFECT ORIENTATION
  9. SYSTEMIC THINKING
  10. SURFACE TRAITS
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "SELF-DECEPTION," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 13, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/self-deception/ (accessed December 3, 2019).
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