Self Handicapping

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Psychology

 

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James P

 

Date added:

May 3, 2015

 

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University

 

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A

 

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This means that individuals self-handicap by participating, or lack of participation in certain things in order to make excuses for potential failure that may occur. self-handicapping is most likely to take place in publicly evaluated situations that are important to the individuals self concept, and where the individual is evaluated against very high standards relative to another person's performance...
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self-handicapping is most likely to take place in publicly evaluated situations that are important to the individuals self concept, and where the individual is evaluated against very high standards relative to another person's performance. (Martin & Brawley, 1999). The process of self-handicapping represents a self protective strategy because it draws attention to a possible barrier for performance so that this barrier can be blamed if failure should occur...
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