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As you can see from the preceding paragraph, the motives of accuracy, enhancement, and verification may be at loggerheads: Efforts to satisfy one of them may prevent the satisfaction of the others (Kwang & Swann, 2010). For instance, in one study, when given the option of choosing what feedback to receive, participants preferred self-enhancing to self-verifying feedback and were least interested in obtaining self-evaluative information (Sedikides, 1993). In other words, feeling good about oneself was more important than confirming the self, and obtaining accurate feedback was least important. Although direct research examining conflicts among these three motives is sparse, what is available suggests that self-enhancement may be one of the most fundamental of all motives (Anseel & Lievens, 2006).