Thinking About Your Thinking M7

Question 1

Egocentric hypocrisy

Answer 1

Ignoring inconsistencies between belief and behavior and between public standards and private actions

Question 2

Egocentric immediacy

Answer 2

Overgeneralizing so that immediate events, whether favorable or unfavorable, influence thinking

Question 3

Egocentric memory

Answer 3

Remembering only that evidence and information that supports our thinking

Question 4

Egocentric myopia

Answer 4

Adopting an overly narrow point of view and thinking in absolutes

Question 5

Egocentric righteousness

Answer 5

Feeling superior because of possessing the “Truth”

Question 6

Universal ethical standards

Answer 6

Principles for correct human behavior acknowledged by reasonable people