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Self enhancement
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The motivation to view oneself positively
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Self-serving bias
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A tendency for people to view themselves in unrealistically positive terms
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Downward social comparison
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An individual's comparison of his or her performance with the performance of someone who is doing worse
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Upward social comparison
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An individual's comparison of his or her performance with someone who is doing better
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Compensatory self-enhancement
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The means of compensating for doing poorly on a particular activity by focusing on how good one is at something unrelated to that activity
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Discounting
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Reducing the perceived importance of the domain in which one has performed poorly
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External attribution
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Interpreting the cause of an action as something outside of oneself
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Bask in the reflected glory
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Emphasizing one's connection to successful others in order to feel better about oneself.
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Predestination
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A belief about the afterlife holding that prior to birth it has already been determined whether you will go to heaven or hell
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Face
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The amount of social value others give an individual if they live up to the standards associated with their position
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Prevention orientation
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A concern with correcting one's weaknesses and avoiding other's negative judgements
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The self-improvement
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The process of seeking out one's potential weaknesses and working on correcting them
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Calling
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In religious belief, the God-given purpose an individual is meant to fulfill during his or her life
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Promotion orientation
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A concern with advancing oneself and aspiring for gains
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Primary control
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The control experienced when people strive to shape existing realities to fit their perceptions
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