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sc00by25

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What sorts of cognitive biases do people engage in that help them to feel better about themselves (i.e., what cognitive biases work to satisfy the motivation for self-enhancement)?
 
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The most respected jobs of 2013 based on ratings of the honesty and ethical standards of occupations include ____.
 
  a. lobbyists
  b. media reporters
  c. corporate lawyers
  d. nurses


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a . Confirmation bias: Helps people to feel that their ideas and beliefs are the correct ones.
b. False consensus effect: People tend to show this effect for opinions and attitudes, as well as for their weaknesses and faults; helps them to feel that their views are the correct ones and that their weaknesses and faults are relatively forgivable.
c. False uniqueness effect: People tend to show this effect for their strengths; helps them to feel that their strengths are even more impressive than they really are.
d. Illusion of control: Helps people to feel that they have more power over things than they really do.

Answer to Question 2

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Reply #2 on: Jun 22, 2018
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