FALSE-CONSENSUS EFFECT

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Nugent, Pam M.S.
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is a popular social phenomena where an individual believes that own beliefs, ideals, concepts, opinions, values and attitudes are held more widely within a certain population than they actually are.

FALSE-CONSENSUS EFFECT: "Some individuals with an inflated ego would 'suffer' from the false-consensus effect, where they believed their opinions were more popular than they actually are. "

Related Psychology Terms

  1. SOCIAL REALITY
  2. LEARNING PARADIGM
  3. SELECTIVE ATTENTION
  4. PRIMARY GROUP
  5. SOCIAL PERCEPTION
  6. RELIGIOUS DELUSIONS
  7. NEGATIVE STEREOTYPE
  8. MARGINAL
  9. FALSE CONSENSUS
  10. AUDIENCE EFFECT
Cite this page: Nugent, Pam M.S., "FALSE-CONSENSUS EFFECT," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/false-consensus-effect/ (accessed June 28, 2017).
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