Principlev1
Design review environments to ensure privacy from external
Design review environments to ensure privacy from external observers, because the knowledge that others might see your reflections activates social self-presentation concerns that systematically distort the honesty of self-assessment toward socially desirable narratives.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Defensive routines operate below conscious awareness and (defensive routines filter threat) and Cognitive Dissonance Drives Information Avoidance (cognitive dissonance from contradictory beliefs). The principle prescribes environmental conditions for reviews to bypass social desirability bias—a structural design recommendation.