Attitude Importance and the False Consensus Effect.

Fabrigar, Leandre R.; Krosnick, Jon A.

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ERIC Number: EJ507914

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Publication Date: 1995

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Attitude Importance and the False Consensus Effect.

Fabrigar, Leandre R.; Krosnick, Jon A.

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, v21 n5 p468-79 May 1995

Explores the possibility that importance may regulate the magnitude of the false consensus effect. Analysis revealed a strong false consensus effect but no reliable relation between its magnitude and attitude importance. Results contradict assumptions that the false consensus effect arises from attitudes that directly or indirectly influence others' perceptions. (RJM)

Descriptors: Attitudes, Beliefs, Bias, Cognitive Processes, Correlation, Error Patterns, Group Behavior, Influences, Social Attitudes, Social Behavior, Social Cognition, Sociometric Techniques

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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