Exaggerating Current and Past Performance : Motivated Self-Enhancement Versus Reconstructive Memory  

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Gramzow, Richard H. ; Willard, Greg

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pspc) vol. 32 no. 08 (2006), page 1114-1125.
Topik: self-enhancement; self - enhancement; memory bias; self - affirmation
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The authors propose distinct reasons why individuals exaggerate their current and past performance. Current performance is of motivational and self - evaluative significance, and exaggerations of current performance often stem from motivated self - enhancement concerns. Self - reports of past performance are influenced less by motivated self - enhancement, instead reflecting more subtle biases in reconstructive memory. For students currently in college, grade point averages (GPAs) reflect a currently important goal pursuit, whereas Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores reflect a goal that was important in the past. Study 1 demonstrated that dispositional self - enhancement predicted greater GPA (but not SAT) exaggeration, whereas advanced class standing predicted greater SAT (but not GPA) exaggeration. Study 2 demonstrated that a self - affirmation manipulation attenuated the association between dispositional self - enhancement and GPA exaggeration but not the association between class standing and SAT exaggeration. The distinction between motivated self - enhancement and reconstructive memory bias has important implications for the broader literature on self - evaluation.

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