The "false consensus effect": An egocentric bias in social perception and attribution processes
Has this study been replicated?
The atlas records 1 replication of this study. Recorded outcomes: 1 successful. The earliest on record is from 2018.
Replications
- Many Labs 2: Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Samples and Settings, Klein et al. (2018). Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. Outcome recorded: successful.
This result is consistent with the hypothesis that participants' choices are positively correlated with their perception of the percentage of other people who would make the same choice.
Outcome read from p. 460. View paper
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Ross, L., Greene, D., & House, P. (1977). The "false consensus effect": An egocentric bias in social perception and attribution processes. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 13(3), 279–301. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1031(77)90049-x
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