Theories about how we think about ourselves

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Here are academic theories about how we think about ourselves.

Below-Average Effect: We sometimes think we are below average in some respects.

Ben Franklin Effect: when we do a favor, we like them even more.

Bias Blind Spot: We do not compensate enough for our own bias.

Choice-supportive bias: Distorting memories to make decisions seem good.

Cognitive Appraisal Theories of Emotion: we decide our feelings after. interpreting events.

Discounting: we underestimate less evident causes of behavior.

Durability bias: we over-estimate how long emotions will last.

Illusion of asymmetric insight: We think we understand others better than they understand us.

Interview Illusion: after a quick discussion, we believe we can predict many behaviors.

Lake Wobegon effect: We over-estimate our abilities, especially compared with others.

Looking-glass Self: we see ourselves through the eyes of others.

Personal Validation Fallacy: We agree with general positive descriptors of us.

Social Comparison Theory: we learn about ourselves by comparing with others.

Self-Perception Theory: we infer our feelings from what we do.

Self-Monitoring Behavior: we are affected by how others see us.

Two-Factor Theory of Emotion: We deduce our nature from what we do and feel.

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