Before leaving this topic, it is worth noting the link between striving for a positive view of the self and naïve realism. Because people are subject to various “positive illusions” (Taylor & Brown, 1988; see also Greenwald, 1980, on the “totalitarian ego”), they do not see themselves as they appear to disinterested observers; and they do not take kindly to those who challenge their illusions or who use different bases for assessment or different standards for comparison