The False Consensus Effect: Misjudging Social Norms
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The False Consensus Effect: Misjudging Social Norms

Corrected by Emir Baycan · on When Notes Fly · 11 July 2026 · View published page ↗

The false consensus effect explores why individuals tend to overestimate the general acceptance of their opinions.

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attribution processes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology…
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Live article body and bibliography were already correctly fixed to Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 13(3), 279-301. Found and fixed a residual leftover fabrication in two other independent fields: the FAQ JSON-LD block (Q1 answer still said the 1977 paper appeared in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology) and seo_keywords (still said 'JPSP' abbreviation). Both corrected to Journal of Experimental Social Psychology / JESP and re-verified live.

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