video thumbnail 4:59
Why You Lie To Yourself More Than Others

2018-04-12

[public] 45.4K views, 2.34K likes, 19.0 dislikes audio only

4K

Do you lie to yourself? Be... honest. This week we cover the psychology of self-deception.

Last week: Why People Blame Others /youtube/video/HQQe_yFDf0U

ORDER BRAINCRAFT MERCH! 🧠https://store.dftba.com/collections/braincraft

SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE

Humans are complicated: a tangled web of amazing biology and bad behaviours. This illustrated field guide will equip you with the necessary tools to navigate the lying, jealous and judgmental tendencies of your fellow humans. This week we explore self-deception, the act of lying to yourself.

My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill

BrainCraft was created by Vanessa Hill (@nessyhill) and is brought to you by PBS Digital Studios. Talking psychology, neuroscience & why we act the way we do.

This episode was written by Bahar Gholipour and filmed by Dominique Taylor. Animations by Vanessa Hill.

And thank you to Mike Rugnetta for his help improving the audio.

REFERENCES 📚

The Elements of a Scientific Theory of Self‐Deception:

https://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06619.x

Self-deception facilitates interpersonal persuasion: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167487016301854

Positive illusions: Creative self-deception and the healthy mind:

http://psycnet.apa.org/record/1989-98298-000

A status-enhancement account of overconfidence:

http://psycnet.apa.org/record/2012-18756-001

A Longitudinal Test of Three Theories of Overconfidence

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1948550617699252


Why People Blame Others by BrainCraft
/youtube/video/HQQe_yFDf0U
The Upside of Being Awkward by BrainCraft
/youtube/video/XqdULycjBYg
Signs of selfdeception
/youtube/video/soBP0wjLdo0?t=62
Origins of selfdeception
/youtube/video/soBP0wjLdo0?t=116
The harm of selfdeception
/youtube/video/soBP0wjLdo0?t=190
BrainCraft Hi! I'm Vanessa Hill, a behavioural scientist and science communicator. On BrainCraft I explore psychology, neuroscience and self-development. My mission is to bridge the gap between scientific research and your daily well-being. Outside of my regular videos, you can find BrainCraft as a series on PBS, watch my YouTube Originals show Sleeping With Friends, or check out my PBS docu-series Attention Wars. There's so much to watch, I'm honestly not sure why you're still reading this. But since you are, please consider subscribing and supporting my Patreon so I can continue to make educational videos 🧠✨
/youtube/channel/UCt_t6FwNsqr3WWoL6dFqG9w
Bad Behaviour: A Field Guide by BrainCraft
/youtube/video/HQQe_yFDf0U
More from PBS by PBS Voices
youtube.com/watch?v=Cs2azOCBF1M