When False Representations Ring True (and When They Don�t)

• Autores: Katie Davis, Scott Seider, Howard Gardner
• Localización: Social research: An international quarterly of the social sciences, ISSN 0037-783X, Nº. 4, 2008 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Fraud), págs. 1085-1108
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • We examine the circumstances under which young people engage in fabricated self-representations and explore the individual and societal factors that compel and sanction these fabrications. There are circumstances under which self-fabrications may have beneficial effects and are, thus, authorized representations of the self. In contrast, a false, or unauthorized, self-representation is one that results in harm to the self, to others, and/or society. We discuss an educational curriculum designed to encourage students to reflect on their roles and responsibilities in the broader society as they pursue their personal goals.