Egocentric Tendencies

Quoted from web site for "Critical Thinking Consortium."

http://criticalthinking.org/University/Egotendencies.htm

The Human Mind Is Naturally Prone To the Following Egocentric Tendencies. We have to learn to overcome them. The egocentric person is absolutely convinced that his understanding of things is the absolute truth. egocentric memory (the natural tendency to "forget" evidence and information that does not support our thinking and to "remember" evidence and information that does) egocentric myopia* (the natural tendency to think absolutistically within an overly narrow point of view) egocentric infallibility* (the natural tendency to think that our beliefs are true because we believe them) egocentric righteousness (the natural tendency to feel superior in the light of our confidence that we are in the possession of THE TRUTH) egocentric hypocrisy* (the natural tendency to ignore flagrant* inconsistencies between what we profess* to believe and the actual beliefs our behavior imply, or inconsistencies between the standards to which we hold ourselves and those to which we expect others to adhere*) egocentric oversimplification (the natural tendency to ignore real and important complexities in the world in favor of simplistic notions when consideration of those complexities would require us to modify our beliefs or values) egocentric blindness (the natural tendency not to notice facts or evidence that contradict our favored beliefs or values) egocentric immediacy* (the natural tendency to over-generalize immediate feelings and experiences--so that when one event in our life is highly favorable or unfavorable, all of life seems favorable or unfavorable as well) (May apply to an individual compartment of one's life - Mr. Andrews) egocentric absurdity (the natural tendency to fail to notice thinking that has "absurd*" consequences, when noticing them would force us to rethink our position)

Source is web site for "Critical Thinking Consortium."

http://criticalthinking.org/University/Egotendencies.htm

To learn about other thinking styles read Thinking Styles

Meaning of Words as Used in This Essay
absurd	Contrary to all reason or common sense; illogical, ridiculous, or untrue
adhere	To stick to. To follow rules accurately and carefully.
flagrant	Outrageously noticeable or evident
hypocrisy	Saying one thing but doing the opposite.
immediacy	The state, condition, or quality of being immediate. Occurring very close together in time.
infallibility	Not able to fail. Never wrong.
myopia	Near sighted. Only being able to see what is close to you. Not being able to see into the distance.
profess	To say out loud.

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