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Origins of the Belief in Good True Selves

Year: 2017

Type: preprint

Abstract: 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.

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/7n4je

Authors: Julian De Freitas, Mina Cikara, Igor Grossmann, Rebecca Jean Schlegel

Institutions: Harvard University, University of Waterloo, Texas A&M University

Language: English

Topic: Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4231522220

Cites: 11

Cited by: 9

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