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Varieties of self-deception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1997

Robert F. Bornstein
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA 17325 [email protected]

Abstract

Mele's analysis of self-deception is persuasive but it might also be useful to consider the varieties of self-deception that occur in real-world settings. Instances of self-deception can be classified along three dimensions: implicit versus explicit, motivated versus process-based, and public versus private. All three types of self-deception have implications for the scientific research enterprise.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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