Untilt/Doxa

You and the others

Some people take credit for their successes but not their failures: success comes from their drive or ability, failure from an unfair workload or poor instruction. To what extent do you show this tendency?

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Not at allStrongly

Pronin, Lin and Ross (2002) described this tendency and seven others to Stanford students, who rated themselves and the average American on the same scale from 1 to 9: averaged over the eight, 5.31 for themselves and 6.75 for the average American. The next year’s class rated themselves against their own classmates and gave 5.05 against 5.85. One person can truly sit below average, but a class taken together cannot sit below its own average.

Pronin, Lin & Ross (2002). The Bias Blind Spot: Perceptions of Bias in Self Versus Others. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Blind Spot Bias

Recognizing biases in others but not in yourself

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