Taking an honest and accurate look at ourselves and our situation is not always easy. These suggestions can help.
Focusing on remaining certain about a current self-image by choosing information confirming existing beliefs and avoiding anything new or different.Focusing on finding out what is accurate and true by choosing the most important information, even if it is negative or inconsistent with current beliefs.
Across six experiments, Sedikides found that individuals most often choose self-enhancement, followed by self-verification. Thus, when faced with a choice about what information to consider, people usually focus on the positive stuff only and avoid anything negative—which boosts their self-esteem. If negativity cannot be dodged, they try to focus on the negative information they already know, preserving their identity and avoiding feelings of loss. Therefore, they generally shield themselves from new and negative information, which might highlight blind spots and problems, to keep a false"rosy picture" of their situation.Those initial findings led to years of research and hundreds of studies on self-enhancement.
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