The bias blind spot: Perceptions of bias in self versus others

E Pronin, DY Lin, L Ross - Personality and Social …, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
E Pronin, DY Lin, L Ross
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2002journals.sagepub.com
Three studies suggest that individuals see the existence and operation of cognitive and
motivational biases much more in others than in themselves. Study 1 provides evidence
from three surveys that people rate themselves as less subject to various biases than the
“average American,” classmates in a seminar, and fellow airport travelers. Data from the
third survey further suggest that such claims arise from the interplay among availability
biases and self-enhancement motives. Participants in one follow-up study who showed the …
Three studies suggest that individuals see the existence and operation of cognitive and motivational biases much more in others than in themselves. Study 1 provides evidence from three surveys that people rate themselves as less subject to various biases than the “average American,” classmates in a seminar, and fellow airport travelers. Data from the third survey further suggest that such claims arise from the interplay among availability biases and self-enhancement motives. Participants in one follow-up study who showed the better-than-average bias insisted that their self-assessments were accurate and objective even after reading a description of how they could have been affected by the relevant bias. Participants in a final study reported their peer’s self-serving attributions regarding test performance to be biased but their own similarly self-serving attributions to be free of bias. The relevance of these phenomena to naïve realism and to conflict, misunderstanding, and dispute resolution is discussed.
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