The Psychology of Irrationality: Why People Make Foolish, Self-Defeating Choices

Roy Frederick Baumeister

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Abstract Self-destructive or self-defeating behavior has been an enduring fascination in psychology. One reason for this fascination is that it shows the limits of the model of the human being as a rational decision-maker. A rational being should by definition pursue enlightened self-interest. Self-defeating behavior constitutes a failure to pursue enlightened self-interest. Such patterns suggest dark psychological motivations or at least troubling, costly failures of human reason.

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