![]() "Positve affect is associated with increased sociabilityand benevolence" People ina positive mood are more likely to help others, initiate conversations,negotiate better. People who attribute success toself and failure to situation have a better mood. Happypeople have higher opinions of themselves and feel they are in more controland are more unrealistically optimistic. In fact,it seems that people who are depressed or in poor mental health don't havethis positive bias.Įffect of Ilusions on Aspects of Mental Healthħ0-80% of people say they are happy, and 60% say more than others. They believe they will perform better on future tasks. They believe they are less likely to experience negativeevents. Friends are evaluated more positivelythan strangers. They give othersless credit for success then themselves. People generally see themselves as better than others. People belive they have improved when their performancehasn't changed. People racall task performancebetter than it was. People judge positive traits more characteristic of self than negative traits. Unrealistically Positive Views of the Self Various experiments show that people have unrealistically postive viewsof the self, exaggerated perceptions of personal control, and unrealisticoptimism. Yet real info processing has incomplete data gathering, shortcuts and biases.The author substitues "illusion" for these terms to emphasizetheir euduring nature. ![]() Early cognition theorist (like Nisbett & Ross) chose the idea of anaive scientists rationally processing data and making inferences and decisions. Traditional theory maintains that sane people have good contact with reality. This works because the cognitive mind has filters that distortinformation in a positive direction and represent negative information asnon-threatening as possible. They help people care about others, be happy and content, and to be productiveand creative. Psychological Bulletin, 1988, 103, 193-210.Įvidence suggests that positive self-evaluations, over optimism,and perceptions of mastery are normal and supportive of good mental health. ![]() D., Illusion and Well Being: A social psychologicalperspective on mental health. Taylor: Illusion and Well Being Taylor, S.
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