By definition, authentic people presumably do not fall prey to the self-evaluation biases which pervade human social cognition yet a close look at the existing literature suggests this presumption is ill-founded. For example, only a few studies have examined whether people feel more authentic when they make decisions which express their true selves in the face of social pressure. In contrast to theories of authenticity, studies find that feelings of authenticity are either unrelated or unexpectedly decreased in relation to decisions which draw on the true self. Furthermore, behavioral and neural research do not consistently find that feelings of authenticity arise in the absence of self-serving biases. We propose that we know a lot less about the thoughts of an authentic person than is widely believed and some of the core assumptions may be wrong. We posit specific methodological considerations and research questions which need to be addressed before it will be possible to conclude whether core assumptions about social cognition and authenticity have robust empirical support (or need to be revised). A research program which illuminates the relation between social cognition and authenticity will be helpful for understanding the manner in which a person's thoughts contribute to the experience of authenticity and its benefits.

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为什么我们不能更多地了解真实的人的想法？

根据定义，真实的人大概不会成为普遍存在于人类社会认知中的自我评价偏见的牺牲品，但仔细研究现有文献表明这种假设是没有根据的。例如，只有少数研究调查了人们在面对社会压力做出表达真实自我的决定时是否会感到更真实。与真实性理论相反，研究发现真实性的感觉要么无关，要么出乎意料地减少了与真实自我有关的决定。此外，行为和神经研究并没有始终如一地发现在没有自我服务偏见的情况下会产生真实感。我们提议，我们对真实人物的想法的了解比人们普遍认为的要少得多，而且一些核心假设可能是错误的。我们提出了需要解决的具体方法论考虑和研究问题，然后才能得出关于社会认知和真实性的核心假设是否具有强有力的实证支持（或需要修改）的结论。阐明社会认知与真实性之间关系的研究计划将有助于理解一个人的思想对真实性体验及其好处的贡献方式。