 (1) selective memory (remembering or not
remembering experiences or events that occurred at
some point in the past);
 (2) telescoping [recalling events that occurred at one
time as if they occurred at another time];
 (3) attribution [the act of attributing positive events
and outcomes to one's own agency but attributing
negative events and outcomes to external forces]; and,
 (4) exaggeration [the act of representing outcomes or
embellishing events as more significant than is
actually suggested from other data].