This article advances the debate about costs and benefits of self-enhancement (the
tendency to maintain unrealistically positive self-views) with a comprehensive meta-analytic …

Myriad environments allow for the possibility of confusion. Agents may appeal to such
confusion—or the possibility of making an honest mistake—to justify their behavior. In three …

Abstract Across five experiments (N= 1,714), we test whether people engage in wishful
thinking to alleviate anxiety about adverse future outcomes. Participants perform pattern …

We are living in an era when online communication over social network services (SNSs)
have become an indispensable part of people's everyday lives. As a consequence, online …

CA Soper Page 1 Evolutionary Psychology Series Editors: Todd K. Shackelford · Viviana A.
Weekes-Shackelford CA Soper The Evolution of Suicide Page 2 Evolutionary Psychology …

We investigate consequences of the self-attribution bias for nonprofessional traders. By
applying a textual analysis of more than 44,000 public comments on a large social trading …

In contrast to the view that businesses corrupt and bring out the worst in people, we propose
that people's experiences at work can also lead to profound ethical learning and growth, and …

Introduction. Despite the abundance of literature on the nature and functions of self‐
deceptive enhancement (SDE), there is still a lack of consensus about whether and when …

In secondary general music classes, adolescent musicianship can be stifled by poor self-
efficacy. Although adolescents typically lead lives rich with music, they may believe that …

Selene Arfini seeks to resolve a long-standing paradox and the seemingly exclusive
dichotomy between knowledgeand ignorance through the concept of serendipity. How can …