I don’t see these as dark arts. Self-affirmation doesn’t make people more likely to believe just any old thing, it makes them feel less threatened so they’re more willing to consider something that they would otherwise reject out of defensiveness.
I don’t see these as dark arts. Self-affirmation doesn’t make people more likely to believe just any old thing, it makes them feel less threatened so they’re more willing to consider something that they would otherwise reject out of defensiveness.