Do people really believe they are above average
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9007724 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elanor F Williams (0000-0003-2713-7405, Cornell University, corresponding author), Thomas Gilovich (0000-0002-4452-3626, Cornell University) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1121-1128 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1031 • E-ISSN: 1096-0465 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.01.002 |
| OpenAlex | W2126373464 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 38 |
Percentile · Percentile rank · Personality · Point (geometry · Self-enhancement · Statistics · Test (biology · Trait · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Mathematics · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
The better-than-average effect in comparative self-evaluation
Up the moral pedestal
Bias
Understanding the Better Than Average Effect
A wonderful life
The Authentic Self Is the Self-Enhancing Self
The role of motivation in the association of political ideology with cognitive performance
A Longitudinal Test of Three Theories of Overconfidence
The headwinds/tailwinds asymmetry
Cognitive sophistication does not attenuate the bias blind spot
Tell Me Something I Don’t Already Know
Perceptions of informal communication in the workplace
Tunnel Vision and Confirmation Bias Among Police Investigators and Laypeople in Hypothetical Criminal Contexts
Self-perceived Authenticity is Contaminated by the Valence of One’s Behavior
Future self-appraisals and global self-esteem
Self-enhancement and self-protection
Lake Wobegon’s guns
Mighty oaks from little acorns? The role of self-assessment in educational transitions
Differences and Similarities Between Koreans and Americans in Lying and Truth-Telling
Situated Optimism
Are we all less risky and more skillful than our fellow drivers?
Overconfidence and Excess Entry
The Psychology of Preferences
Enhancement Bias in Descriptions of Self and Others
Preference and belief
On the reality of cognitive illusions.
Objectivity in the Eye of the Beholder
Knowing with certainty
On narrow norms and vague heuristics
Bayesian statistical inference for psychological research.
Flawed Self-Assessment
Ambiguity and Self-Evaluation
Unskilled and unaware of it
Personal contact, individuation, and the better-than-average effect
Abandoning unrealistic optimism
Effect of temporal perspective on subjective confidence
Assessment, enhancement, and verification determinants of the self-evaluation process
Testing the Self-Perception Explanation of Dissonance Phenomena
No one in my group can be below the group's average
Biased assimilation and attitude polarization
Accountability as a deterrent to self-enhancement
Lake Wobegon be gone! The "below-average effect" and the egocentric nature of comparative ability judgments
Accuracy, error, and bias in predictions for real versus hypothetical events
Ambiguity and self-evaluation
Error and bias in comparative judgment
The overconfidence effect in social prediction
Motivated skepticism
Accounting for the effects of accountability
Do positive illusions foster mental health? An examination of the Taylor and Brown formulation
Anomalies
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,12 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |