Self-Handicapping
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Self-handicapping is a cognitive strategy by which people avoid effort in the hopes of keeping potential failure from hurting self-esteem.
Social Biases
/ Self-sabotage
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Explore 3 cognitive biases related to this topic.
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Self-handicapping is a cognitive strategy by which people avoid effort in the hopes of keeping potential failure from hurting self-esteem.
Social Biases
/ Self-sabotage
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Self-enhancement bias is a type of motivation that works to make people feel good about themselves and to maintain self-esteem.
Social Biases
/ Self-serving bias (related)
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Self-serving bias is the tendency to attribute our successes to internal qualities and our failures to external factors, protecting self-esteem at the cost of accuracy.
Social Biases / Self-enhancement and blame
/ Self-Enhancement Bias