1 Cor 3:18 Do not deceive yourselves. In the case of deception among humans, there are at least four general categories of cues (beyond fact-finding itself) that people can use to detect deception in others: Signs of nervousness, suppression, cognitive load, and idiosyncratic sources. To the degree that deceivers can convince themselves that their deception is indeed true, they are no longer required to maintain the real facts of the case in mind while they focus on promulgating the fiction. Rather, by believing the fiction that they are expressing to others, they can free their mind to concentrate on other matters. Then by deceiving themselves, people can reduce retribution if their deception of others is discovered. the benefits of self-deception go beyond convincing others of specific lies, as self-deception can also help us accrue the more general social advantages of self-inflation or self-enhancement. There are many situations in daily life in which people avoid further information search because they may encounter information that is incompatible with their goals or desires. For example, on the trivial end of the continuum, some people avoid checking alternative products after they have made a purchase that cannot be undone. On the more important end of the continuum, some people avoid AIDS testing out of concern that they might get a result that they do not want to hear, particularly if they believe the disease is untreatable. information that is inconsistent with their preferences may simply be forgotten or misremembered later as preference-consistent or neutral. Thus, a person might have great memory for the details of his victory in the championship tennis match but very poor memory for the time he lost badly. Indeed, this latter memory might also be distorted to implicate his doubles partner or the unusual talents of his opponent. The classic form of self-deception is convincing oneself that a lie is true. This sort of self-deception can be difficult to verify, as it is difficult to know if the person believes the lie that they are telling others, given that situations that motivate lying to the self typically motivate lying to others. google.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CEEQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.psy.utexas.edu%2FHomePage%2FFaculty%2FSwann%2Fdocu%2Fbrooks-swann.pdf&ei=YCIuU7r6CZGWiQfKjIDwCA&usg=AFQjCNEswpBxf6UbqHVYOYRQv8-7znDCHA&sig2=T4yhyRn4vjkbj_hVNH2KfQ&bvm=bv.62922401,d.aGc&cad=rja Click SHARE if you would like your friends to see this.
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