BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Overconfidence in errors is a well-replicated cognitive bias in psychosis. However, prior studies have sometimes failed to find differences between patients and controls for more difficult tasks. We pursued the hypothesis that overconfidence in errors is exaggerated in participants with a liability to psychosis relative to controls only when they feel competent in the ...

Individuals engage in status self-enhancement when they form an overly positive perception of their status in a group. We argue that status self-enhancement incurs social costs and, therefore, most individuals perceive their status accurately. In contrast, theories of positive illusions suggest status self-enhancement is beneficial for the individual and that most individuals overestimate their...

Czech adults completed a self-assessed intelligence measure that yielded a score on domainmasculine intelligence (DMIQ), a composite of mathematical/logical and spatial intelligences. They also completed a sex role inventory. The sex of the participants but not their sex role was related to DMIQ. There was a positive relationship between masculinity and DMIQ, but only for males. Cultural issues...

The purpose of this research was to utilize the concept of hubris to frame a discussion of differences between collegiate athletes and collegiate non-athletes. Surveys were distributed to a collegiate student population that included both athletes and non-athletes and included questions that served as proxies for varying dimensions of hubris, such as perceptions of campus police (conventional a...

What connects the sci-fi book Dune with coastal dunes and geoengineering? The answer lies in humans their world-making activities. This paper proposes an innovative approach to as hybrid environments by analyzing stabilization programs developed on US Pacific Coast. It looks into shifting sands of Oregon coast how they influenced Frank Herbert write his novel, why local communities federal auth...

“Don’t let anybody else decide your future,” Barack Obama urged young people this week. “Imagine a better future and help make it real.” In fairness, aren’t the problem. The future, unfortunately, is controlled by their parents grandparents, too many of whom see as an only slightly less rosy version past. Yet multiverse crises we face today won’t magically disappear with click superhero’s finge...