00000caa a22000003a 4500 UP-8027390931312519906 Buklod 20200616105409.0 o--- | || || ta 200616s xx d r |||| u| 0033-2909 (iLib)UPCEB-00011920420 Edz Chambers, John R. Biases in Social Comparative Judgments The Role of Nonmotivated Factors in Above-Average and Comparative -Optimism Effects. (Articles ). pp. 813-838. Biases in social comparative judgments, such as those illustrated by above-average and comparative optimism effects, are often as products of motivated reasoing (e,g., self-enhancement). These effects however, can also be produced by information-processing limitations or aspects of judgment processes that are not necessarily biasd by motivational factors. In this article, the authors briefly review motivational accounts of biased comparative judgments, introduce a 3-stage model for understanding how people make comparative judgments and then describe how various nonmotivational factors can influence the 3 stages of the comparative judgment process. Finally, the authors discuss several unresolved issues highlighted by their analysis, such as the interrelation between motivated and nonmotivated sources of bias and the influence of nonmotivated sources of bias on behavior. -- ( from the author) Psychological Bulletin. vol. 130, 5 (2004). Analytics