Bad Thinking
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1. Tends to keep our beliefs - and thus our actions - within the bounds of what society as a whole will accept. (e.g - Failing to notice the undemocratic and nasty things our own government does on the international scene.)

2. We engage in this psychological ploy when we ignore or deny unpleasant evidence so as to feel justified in doing what we want to do or in believing what we find comfortable to believe.Most common form of self- deception.

3. Thinking ill of others without sufficient warrant.

4. Believing what we would like to be true - no matter what the evidence.

5. Avoid stressful thoughts by either not thinking about them or more commonly by thinking non stressful thoughts/We change our interpretation of the situation to perceive it as less threatening.

6. Our reasoning sometimes is mislead from the truth and it inclines us to see our own society and its beliefs in a more favorable light than the evidence may warrant.

7. Others we can blame for our own troubles and mistakes- when in fact we ourselves may bear a large measure of responsibility.

8. Consciously believing what a deeper level we know to questionable.

9. We believe them on the basis of insufficient and - frequently - biased samples from which all negative evidence has been eliminated. (e.g - Overlooking the fact that good things sometimes happen on Fri. the 13th and bad things on other days.)

10. A natural tendency to identify with the ideas - interests - and kinds of behavior favored by those with which we identify. (e.g - black with blacks - women with women)

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