Origins of the Belief in Good True Selves

Publication date: Available online 7 June 2017
Source:Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Author(s): Julian De Freitas, Mina Cikara, Igor Grossmann, Rebecca Schlegel
Despite differences in beliefs about the self across cultures and relevant individual differences, recent evidence suggests that people universally believe in a 'true self' that is morally good. We propose that this belief arises from a general tendency: psychological essentialism (PE).



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