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Better-than-average Effect

The Better-Than-Average Effect is a cognitive bias in social psychology wherein individuals rate themselves more favorably than an average peer on desirable traits or abilities, reflecting a self-enhancement motive that distorts self-perception relative to objective or normative standards.

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18.2K

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416

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229

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2017–2026

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Variants

Superiority Bias

Parents

Publications

183

Interpretation of random effects meta-analyses

Richard D Riley, Julian P. T. Higgins, Jonathan J Deeks · BMJ · 2011 · 2.8K citations

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AVERAGE EXCESS AND AVERAGE EFFECT OF A GENE SUBSTITUTION

Ronald Aylmer Fisher · Annals of Eugenics · 1941 · 991 citations

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Personal contact, individuation, and the better-than-average effect.

Mark D. Alicke, M. L. Klotz, David L. Breitenbecher et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1995 · 904 citations

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Overconfidence and trading volume

Martin Weber, Markus Glaser · MADOC (University of Mannheim) · 2007 · 743 citations

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Is more always better?: A survey on positional concerns

Sara J. Solnick, David Hemenway · Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization · 1998 · 707 citations

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Authors

416

  1. MD
    Mark D. Alicke

    Ohio University, United States

    6 publications · 1.3K citations

    6

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  2. CS
    Constantine Sedikides

    University of Southampton, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 359 citations

    6

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  3. DA
    Don A. Moore

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    5 publications · 617 citations

    5

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  4. JI
    Joachim I. Krueger

    Brown University, United States

    5 publications · 486 citations

    5

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  5. JS
    Jerry Suls

    University of Iowa, United States

    4 publications · 207 citations

    4

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Institutions

229

  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    306 citations

  2. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    981 citations

  3. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    387 citations

  4. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    189 citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    924 citations

  6. University of Mannheim

    Mannheim, Germany

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    918 citations

  7. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    563 citations

  8. Ohio University

    Athens, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    408 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    18 publications · 4.2K citations

    16

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 10 publications · 479 citations

    10

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  3. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

    6 publications · 367 citations

    6

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  4. Psychological Science

    5 publications · 842 citations

    5

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