KnowraFalse-consensus effectLinked fromLinked fromThe 9 pages that link to False-consensus effect, each with the reason it gives.All 9Related 3Compared with 6Confirmation biasRelated: It can make a favored belief seem more secure by appearing widely held.Pluralistic ignoranceCompared with: It reverses the typical mismatch: people project their own views rather than misread others’ private views.Selective exposureRelated: A narrow, like-minded information diet can make personal views seem more widely shared.Projection (psychology)Compared with: This bias generalizes one's own views to others, but does not necessarily involve unacceptable feelings or unconscious defense.Bandwagon effectCompared with: It reverses the direction of inference: perceived agreement can begin with one’s own view.Illusory superiorityCompared with: It concerns estimates of others’ similarity, rather than one’s rank in ability.Curse of knowledgeCompared with: Both biases project one’s own state onto others, but this one concerns agreement rather than knowledge.Hot-cold empathy gapCompared with: It projects preferences onto other people, whereas the hot-cold gap projects them across one's own states.Worse-than-average effectRelated: Assumptions about peers can distort estimates of where average performance lies.