Pluralistic ignorance: When similarity is interpreted as dissimilarity.

Telling more than we can know: Verbal reports on mental processes.

Richard E. Nisbett, Timothy D. Wilson · Psychological Review · 1977 · 11.3K citations

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

Lee Ross, David Greene, Pamela House · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 1977 · 3.2K citations

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The totalitarian ego: Fabrication and revision of personal history.

Anthony G. Greenwald · American Psychologist · 1980 · 2K citations

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Likableness ratings of 555 personality-trait words.

Norman H. Anderson · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1968 · 1.7K citations

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The false consensus effect: A meta-analysis of 115 hypothesis tests

Brian Mullen, Jennifer L Atkins, Debbie S Champion et al. · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 1985 · 426 citations

Public Health, Psychology, Experimental Design +12