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Comparative Judgment Bias

Comparative Judgment Bias is a cognitive distortion in evaluative assessment wherein the relative ranking or perceived difference between two entities is systematically skewed due to contextual, sequential, or relational influences inherent in the comparison process rather than their absolute qualities.

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1.8K

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65

Authors

33

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2017–2026

8

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Publications

30

Biases in Social Comparative Judgments: The Role of Nonmotivated Factors in Above-Average and Comparative-Optimism Effects.

John R. Chambers, Paul D. Windschitl · Psychological Bulletin · 2004 · 549 citations

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Error and bias in comparative judgment: On being both better and worse than we think we are.

Don A. Moore, Deborah A. Small · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2007 · 298 citations

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Attention biases decisions but does not alter appearance

Keith A. Schneider, Marcell Komlos · Journal of Vision · 2008 · 126 citations · Full text

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When standards are wide of the mark: Nonselective superiority and inferiority biases in comparative judgments of objects and concepts.

Eilath E. Giladi, Yechiel Klar · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 2002 · 77 citations

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Way beyond compare: Nonselective superiority and inferiority biases in judging randomly assigned group members relative to their peers

Yechiel Klar · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 2002 · 75 citations

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Authors

65

  1. DA
    Deborah A. Small

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    3 publications · 349 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. YK
    Yechiel Klar

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

    3 publications · 167 citations

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  3. KA
    Keith A. Schneider

    York University, Canada

    2 publications · 141 citations

    2

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  4. PD
    Paul D. Windschitl

    University of Iowa, United States

    2 publications · 573 citations

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  5. MK
    Marcell Komlos

    University of Rochester, United States

    2 publications · 141 citations

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    h-index

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Institutions

33

  1. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    362 citations

  2. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    244 citations

  3. University of Rochester

    Rochester, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    282 citations

  4. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

  6. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  7. TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences

    Cologne, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  8. New York University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    201 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Vision

    5 publications · 251 citations

    5

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  2. Journal of Experimental Psychology General

    3 publications · 116 citations

    3

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  4. Asian Journal Of Social Psychology

    1 publications · 10 citations

    1

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  5. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 1 publications · 29 citations

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