Two sides to self-protection: self-improvement strivings and feedback from close relationships eliminate mnemic neglect
People selectively forget feedback that threatens central self-conceptions, a phenomenon labeled mnemic neglect. Such forgetting serves to protect the self-system, but its rigid application may be associated with liabilities such as failing to learn about one's weaknesses. Two experiments teste...
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| Language: | English |
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2009-04.
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