The Benefits and Costs of a Rose-Colored Hindsight.

Kappes A., Crockett MJ.

Self-serving biases lead people to see themselves and their future through rose-colored glasses. New research by Kouchaki and Gino suggests this rosy view also extends backwards: memories of unethical behavior are less vivid than memories of good deeds. This so-called 'unethical amnesia' has many individual benefits, but also carries social costs.

DOI

10.1016/j.tics.2016.06.009

Type

Journal article

Journal

Trends Cogn Sci

Publication Date

09/2016

Volume

20

Pages

644 - 646

Keywords

Bias, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Deception, Humans, Memory, Repression, Psychology, Social Behavior

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