False consensus effect
In psychology, the false consensus effect, also known as consensus bias, is a pervasive cognitive bias that causes people to "see their own behavioral choices and judgments as relatively common and appropriate to existing circumstances". In other words, they assume that their personal qualities, characteristics, beliefs, and actions are relatively widespread through the general population.
False consensus effect - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Attributional type of cognitive bias Part of a series on Behavioural influences Obedience Compliance Social influence Norm Social perception Stereotype Attribution Cognitive dissonance Self-perception v t e In psychology , the false consensus effect , also known as consensus bias , is a pervasive cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate the extent to which other people share their beliefs and views; [ 1 ] it is the tendency to "see their own behavioral choices and judgments as relatively common an
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