The natural consequence was a general overestimationof cognition at the expense of all other mental activities.
Among the rationalists, on the other hand, we find an underestimation of the senses and an overestimation of the understanding.
This fact, if we assume it to be such, and also assume that it is present to a certain degree in all observations of this kind, explains the apparent overestimation of the first interval.
Upon the misinterpretation of such objective planes depends the illusion of underestimation of the height or incline of a hill one is breasting, and of the converseoverestimation of one seen across a descending slope or intervening valley.
In the cases of neatness, intelligence, and sociability the overestimation is only about half as large as in these two traits, while in the case of beauty there is really no constant error.
The amount or degree of this overestimation varies considerably from trait to trait.
The amount ofoverestimation varied with the trait, all the traits in this case being of the "desirable" sort.
Is there any constant tendency toward overestimation or underestimation, in the case of the individual's self-estimates, and if so, how does this tendency vary with the trait in question?
They would, in other words, express smaller degrees of overestimation and underestimation than were really present in the consciousness of our observers.
The explanation of this illusion on the simple basis of underestimation or overestimation of angles is open to criticism.
He holds further that the overestimation of this distance along the parallels (the two vertical lines) and the underestimation of the oblique distance across the interval are sufficient to provide a full explanation of the illusion.
Our attention is here called to the factor of loathing which stands in the way of the libidinous overestimation of the sexual aim, but which may in turn be vanquished by the libido.
The connection with the normal is occasioned by the psychologically necessary overestimation of the sexual object, which inevitably encroaches upon everything associatively related to it (sexual object).
The key to the mistakes and false conclusions may also be the Prince's overestimation of his own services, which are accompanied by hatred against those who do not recognize his achievements as he expected.
The key to mistakes and false conclusions may also be the Prince's overestimation of his own services, which are accompanied by hatred against those who do not recognize his achievements as he expected.
