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Illusory Superiority

Illusory Superiority is a cognitive bias in the domain of self-enhancement motives whereby individuals systematically overestimate their own qualities and abilities relative to others, often perceiving themselves as better than average despite statistical improbability.

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Citations

93

Authors

53

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

7

Variants

Better-than-average EffectSuperiority Bias

Parents

Publications

40

Picturing the Beast: Animals, Identity and Representation

Andrew Blauvelt, Steve Baker · Design Issues · 1996 · 391 citations

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Self‐Favoring Biases, Self‐Presentation, and the Self‐Other Asymmetry in Social Comparison

Vera Hoorens · Journal of Personality · 1995 · 244 citations

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The doctrine of suggestion, prestige and imitation in social psychology.

Solomon E. Asch · Psychological Review · 1948 · 236 citations

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Drivers' Ratings of Different Components of Their Own Driving Skill: A Greater Illusion of Superiority for Skills That Relate to Accident Involvement<sup>1</sup>

Mark S. Horswill, Andrea Waylen, M. I. Tofield · Journal of Applied Social Psychology · 2004 · 175 citations

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Belief in the paranormal: Probability judgements, illusory control, and the ‘chance baseline shift’

Susan Blackmore, Tom Trościanko · British Journal of Psychology · 1985 · 138 citations

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Authors

93

  1. VH
    Vera Hoorens

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    3 publications · 304 citations

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  2. BA
    Branden Abushanab

    College of Charleston, United States

    1 publications · 24 citations

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  3. DP
    Davide Pietroni

    University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy

    1 publications · 21 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. RN
    Richard Noble

    Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, United States

    1 publications · 15 citations

    1

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  5. MM
    Matthieu M. de Wit

    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    1 publications · 14 citations

    1

    h-index

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Institutions

53

  1. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    89 citations

  2. Tilburg University

    Tilburg, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    287 citations

  3. University of Padua

    Padua, Italy

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    35 citations

  4. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    73 citations

  5. Seoul National University

    Seoul, South Korea

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    100 citations

  6. DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory

    Adelphi, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    111 citations

  7. Australian Catholic University

    Brisbane, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    72 citations

  8. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    175 citations

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Venues

  1. Perception

    2 publications · 40 citations

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  2. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

    JCCP · 1 publications · 72 citations

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  3. Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  4. Personality and Individual Differences

    1 publications · 37 citations

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  5. Trusts & Trustees

    1 publications · 17 citations

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