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own self-judgement. And it is
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Who are you
own self-judgement. And it is
surely useful to be aware of how society has shaped your assumptions about others. PRACTISE MINDFULNESS A key barrier to self-knowledge is what is known as motivated reasoning: if we put a premium on being charismatic or intelligent, say, we overestimate such qualities in ourselves because it wards off negative feelings and makes us feel good. In which case, Erika Carlson at the University of Toronto in Canada has argued, mindfulness – paying attention to your thoughts and feelings in a non-judgemental way – may be a good way to overcome such barriers. The idea is that it can reduce emotional reactivity and thereby mitigate the drive to delude ourselves. Carlson has suggested that greater bodily awareness might also make us more aware of our non- verbal behaviour, such as frowning or grimacing. How to see yourself more clearly > rated me as low as 43 on “agreeableness”. On the flip side, many of us seem to underestimate our qualities and doubt our abilities compared with those of others – a phenomenon known as imposter syndrome. “Whether you tend toward one or the other depends largely on your self-esteem,” says Vazire. The students in the study mentioned previously with low self- esteem underestimated their intelligence, while the confident ones thought they were smarter than they really were. In many cases, then, other people see us more clearly than we see ourselves. Or at least you can argue as much so long as you accept that the consensual perspective of third-party observers offers a more objective view of you than your own, even if each of them inevitably has their own biases and blind spots. Human says “other people’s perceptions often predict people’s behaviour better than self-reports”. There are nuances here, too. When Vazire compared ratings of personality with behaviour in video recordings of lab-based Download 0.95 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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