Are we talking about whether or not a measurable phenomenon exists, though? I thought we were talking about a completely subjective kind of thing. You can control for whether or not people are judging levels of sound or patterns or physical comfort inaccurately due to some bias, but is there even such a thing as judging their own emotional reactions inaccurately due to some bias?
I don’t think that it’s judging their own emotional reactions inaccurately due to some bias so much as it is perceiving information in a matter that it results in an unwarranted emotional reaction due to some bias.
A persecution complex is the standard example, I believe. If one is predisposed to believe that they are being attacked, then one sees it everywhere—sometimes they are noticing something real that is subtle enough that others don’t pick it up, and sometimes they are (essentially) selectively interpreting the information to back up their preconceived notions.
Are we talking about whether or not a measurable phenomenon exists, though? I thought we were talking about a completely subjective kind of thing. You can control for whether or not people are judging levels of sound or patterns or physical comfort inaccurately due to some bias, but is there even such a thing as judging their own emotional reactions inaccurately due to some bias?
I don’t think that it’s judging their own emotional reactions inaccurately due to some bias so much as it is perceiving information in a matter that it results in an unwarranted emotional reaction due to some bias.
A persecution complex is the standard example, I believe. If one is predisposed to believe that they are being attacked, then one sees it everywhere—sometimes they are noticing something real that is subtle enough that others don’t pick it up, and sometimes they are (essentially) selectively interpreting the information to back up their preconceived notions.