Social comparison and confidence: When thinking you’re better than average predicts overconfidence (and when it does not)

2006/12/13 by Richard P. Larrick, Katherine A. Burson, Jack B. Soll · 1 citation
Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Behavioral Health and Interventions #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment #Social and Intergroup Psychology

paper · doi:10.1016/j.obhdp.2006.10.002

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