The “false consensus effect”: An egocentric bias in social perception and attribution processes

1977/05/01 by Lee Ross, David Greene, Pamela House · 28 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Cultural Differences and Values #Psychology of Social Influence #Social and Intergroup Psychology

paper · doi:10.1016/0022-1031(77)90049-x

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• The attribution of attitudes

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