Leslilake1 at aol.com wrote:
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> this seems along the same lines of some study i remember asking, who actually
> has a more realistic assessment of things (can't remember what things,
> exactly), "ordinary' people or depressed people? answer (per the study):
> depressed people.
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I posted in respect to this study when it came out, but I can't remember where the study appeared. A correction: it did not involve "assessment of things" but assessment of one's own capabilities. Regardless of class, 'race,' gender, etc. etc the _only_ group that regularly estimated their own abilities accurately were those suffering from clinical depression. All others regularly over-estimated their capabilities.
Carrol