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Benign folie à deux: The social construction of positive illusions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 January 2010

Dennis L. Krebs  and
Kathy Denton
Dennis L. Krebs
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada. krebs@sfu.cahttp://www.sfu.ca/psyc/faculty/krebs/publications.htm
Kathy Denton
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Douglas College, New Westminster, BC, V3L 5B2, Canada. dentonk@douglas.bc.ca
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Abstract

McKay & Dennett (M&D) have done an admirable job of distinguishing among various forms of misbelief and evaluating the idea that they stem from evolved mental mechanisms. We argue that a complete account of misbeliefs must attend to the role that others play in creating and maintaining positive illusions.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 6 , December 2009 , pp. 525 - 526
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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