Naive Cynicism
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Hey,
Today, We will be talking about the Naive Cynicism .
What is it?
Your tendency to expect that other people’s judgments will have a motivational basis and hence, you will be biased in the direction of your own self-interest.
Example -
In one series of experiments, groups including married couples, video game players, darts players and debaters were asked how often they were responsible for good or bad events relative to a partner.
Participants evenly apportioned themselves for both good and bad events, but expected their partner to claim more responsibility for good events than bad events (egocentric bias) than they actually did. [1]
Where does it occur?
Naive cynicism is mostly associated with Self-interest related tendencies. We expect that others will see things in ways that are most flattering to them, while thinking that our own opinions and beliefs are based on objective evidence.
Why do I need to know?
We may be especially likely to be naively cynical when the other person has a vested interest in the judgment at hand, but if that person is a dispassionate observer, we expect that he or she will see things the way we do (the way things “really are”), not biased toward his or her own beliefs.
Takeaways:-
The issue with this kind of biased thinking is, whenever will the idea is challenged, it's will easily be dismissed by pretending that anyone who thinks otherwise is out of touch with the real world, and its ugly truth.
References & Studies:-
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1999-13561-004
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