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Self-deception: History, Theorization & Examples

Self-deception or self-delusion is a process of denying or rationalizing away the relevance, significance, or importance of opposing evidence and logical argument.[citation needed] Self-deception involves convincing oneself of a truth (or lack of truth) so that one does not reveal any self-knowledge of the deception.

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Self-deception topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Theorization and Examples as prominent areas in the source structure around Self-deception.

Related topics
41
Source areas
8
Connected nodes
49
Extracted relationships
118
Concept neighborhoods
9
Bridge connections
49

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Theorization · 16 topics
Examples · 7 topics
Overview · 7 topics
Books · 3 topics
Reference sources · 3 topics
Criticisms · 2 topics
Journals · 2 topics
Brief history · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Brief history

Theorization

Examples

Criticisms

Books

Journals

  • Doi Doi (identifier)
  • S2CID S2CID (identifier)

Reference sources

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Self-deception connects Entity context

The extracted context around Self-deception shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Self-deception → Amélie Oksenberg Rorty, Arbinger Institute, Basic Books, Berkeley, Brian, California UP, Conflict, Deceit, Different Kind, Diss, Elinor, Flight, Fools, Heart, Human Life, Hållén, Ignorance, ISBN, Leadership, MCLPOSTrivers Another extracted example is Self-deception → Archived, Bradley, CS1, Delroy, Dowden, Encyclopedia, Ethics, In Baumeister, In Fieser, Internet Encyclopedia, ISBN, ISSN, James, Julie, June, Kathleen, Kirsch, OCLC, Paulhus, PDF. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Self-deception

Top relations

related to Books · 30
Self-deception → Amélie Oksenberg Rorty, Arbinger Institute, Basic Books, Berkeley, Brian, California UP, Conflict, Deceit, Different Kind, Diss, Elinor, Flight, Fools, Heart, Human Life, Hållén, Ignorance, ISBN, Leadership, MCLPOSTrivers
related to Reference sources · 26
Self-deception → Archived, Bradley, CS1, Delroy, Dowden, Encyclopedia, Ethics, In Baumeister, In Fieser, Internet Encyclopedia, ISBN, ISSN, James, Julie, June, Kathleen, Kirsch, OCLC, Paulhus, PDF
related to Journals · 20
Self-deception → Australasian Journal, Autumn, Biological Theory, Brain Sciences, Conceptual Issues, Gadsby, Imposter Syndrome, Mental Phenomenon, Monographic, Neil, Philosophical Psychology, Philosophy, Prospects, S2CID, Stephen, Teorema, The Spandrels, Van Leeuwen, Vol, XXVI/3
related to Trivers' theory · 15
Self-deception → As, Daniel Kriegman, Donald Trump, From, In, It, Malcolm Slavin, One, Robert Trivers, Some, Therefore, This, Those, Trivers, When
related to Analysis · 6
Self-deception → Brian McLaughlin, No, On, Such, The, When
related to Examples · 6
Self-deception → Air Florida Flight, An, Huey, Newton, Robert Trivers, Simple
related to Paradoxes · 4
Self-deception → Alfred, Mele, The, Two
related to Psychology · 4
Self-deception → However, In, Irrationality, Such
related to External links · 3
Self-deception → Institute, Skeptic's Dictionary, Terry Warner's

Important terminology

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Important terminology

deception one believe evolutionary better believing person true others psychology isbn two beliefs false thinking deceive trivers behavior signs paradoxes

Self-deception relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 118 structured relationships around Self-deception. Examples in this analysis include a predator → instance of → one can act overconfident to attract a mate or act under-confident to avoid a threat and more flexible → instance of → Abstract thinking allows many evolutionary advantages. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
a predatorinstance ofone can act overconfident to attract a mate or act under-confident to avoid a threat0.80text
more flexibleinstance ofAbstract thinking allows many evolutionary advantages0.80text
adaptive behaviorsinstance ofAbstract thinking allows many evolutionary advantages0.80text
leading to innovationinstance ofAbstract thinking allows many evolutionary advantages0.80text
Self-deceptionrelated to AnalysisThe0.60section
Self-deceptionrelated to AnalysisSuch0.60section
Self-deceptionrelated to AnalysisOn0.60section
Self-deceptionrelated to AnalysisBrian McLaughlin0.60section
Self-deceptionrelated to AnalysisWhen0.60section
Self-deceptionrelated to AnalysisNo0.60section
Self-deceptionrelated to BooksHållén0.60section
Self-deceptionrelated to BooksElinor0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Self-deception bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Deception, One and Behavior. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Self-deception
    • Deception
    • One
    • Behavior
    • Paradoxes
    • Trivers
    • Two
    • Believing
    • Believe
    • Humans
    • Individual
    • Theory
    • Truth
  • self-deception
    • Deception
    • One
    • Behavior
    • Paradoxes
    • Trivers
    • Two
    • Believing
    • Believe
    • Humans
    • Individual
    • Theory
    • Truth
  • deception
    • Signs
    • Better
    • Hide
    • Behavior
    • Self-deception
    • Able
    • Truth
    • Trivers
    • Believe
    • One
    • Process
    • Well
  • leadership and self deception
    • Signs
    • Better
    • Hide
    • Behavior
    • Self-deception
    • Able
    • Truth
    • Trivers
    • Believe
    • One
    • Process
    • Well
  • evolutionary
    • Psychology
    • Able
    • Theory
    • Well
    • Would
    • Paradoxes
    • Behavior
    • Signs
    • Thinking
    • Trivers
    • Two
  • social psychology
    • Evolutionary
    • Two
    • Contradictory
    • Mental
    • Theory
    • Beliefs
    • False
    • Believing
    • Better
  • robert trivers
    • Able
    • Truth
    • Well
    • Hide
    • Signs
    • Two
  • wishful thinking
    • Without
    • True

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Self-deception, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Self-deception with Theorization. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Self-deceptionTheorization · splits 33 ⟂ 17
Self-deceptionOverview · splits 42 ⟂ 8
Self-deceptionExamples · splits 42 ⟂ 8
Self-deceptionBooks · splits 46 ⟂ 4
Self-deceptionReference sources · splits 46 ⟂ 4
Self-deceptionCriticisms · splits 47 ⟂ 3
Self-deceptionJournals · splits 47 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Self-deception

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples118
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Self-deception to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Theorization & Examples, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Self-deception · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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