Everyone thinks they are above average
Psychology and Communion - International Congress / Psicologia e Comunione - Congresso Internazionale by psy-com
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On a scale of one to 10, you most likely think you're a seven. And you would not be alone. While it's impossible for a lot of people to be above average for a specific quality, people think they are much better than a lot of people in lots of sectors, from charitable behavior to work performance. The phenomenon, known as illusory superiority, is so stubbornly relentless that psychologists would be amazed if it didn't appear in their studies, stated David Dunning, a psychologist at Cornell who has studied the effect for many years. It occurs for lots of reasons: Others are too polite to state exactly what they truly think, incompetent people do not have the skills to analyze their abilities properly, and such self-delusions can actually safeguard people's mental health, Dunning informed LiveScience.
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David Dunning
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| 0 | "but when it comes to us, we think it's all about our intention, our effort, our desire, our agency — we think we sort of float above all these kinds of constraints," he said. ... |
| 0 | "People don't say to your face what they might say behind your back," Dunning said. ... |
| -0.016111 | "North Americans seem to be the kings and queens of overestimation. If you go to places like Japan, Korea or China, this whole phenomenon evaporates," Dunning said. ... |
| 0 | "The road to self-insight runs through other people," he said. ... |
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Mark Horswill
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| 0 | "You find it across all ages, you find it among novice drivers, and you find it among drivers over age 65," Horswill told ... |
| 0.286217 | "You think you're better than everyone else and that's actually good for mental health," Horswill said. ... |
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Everyone thinks they are above average
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People rate themselves above average in psychology studies so routinely that researchers are surprised when it doesn't show up
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