Theories about how we think about ourselves

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Here are academic theories about how we think about ourselves.

Below-Average Effect: We sometimes think we are below average in some respects.
Ben Franklin Effect: when we do a favor, we like them even more.
Bias Blind Spot: We do not compensate enough for our own bias.
Choice-supportive bias: Distorting memories to make decisions seem good.
Cognitive Appraisal Theories of Emotion: we decide our feelings after. interpreting events.
Discounting: we underestimate less evident causes of behavior.
Durability bias: we over-estimate how long emotions will last.
Illusion of asymmetric insight: We think we understand others better than they understand us.
Interview Illusion: after a quick discussion, we believe we can predict many behaviors.
Lake Wobegon effect: We over-estimate our abilities, especially compared with others.
Looking-glass Self: we see ourselves through the eyes of others.
Personal Validation Fallacy: We agree with general positive descriptors of us.
Social Comparison Theory: we learn about ourselves by comparing with others.
Self-Perception Theory: we infer our feelings from what we do.
Self-Monitoring Behavior: we are affected by how others see us.
Two-Factor Theory of Emotion: We deduce our nature from what we do and feel.

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