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A large body of research in clinical, social, and personality psychology indicates that normal individuals have unrealistically positive views of their selves, illusions of control over the environment, unrealistic optimism about the future, and a pervasive tendency to associate themselves with positive events and disassociate themselves from negative events (Greenwald, 1980; Taylor & Brown, 1988; Tetlock, 1985; Thompson, Armstrong, & Thomas, 1998).
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