The better-than-average-effect (BTAE) is the tendency for people to perceive their abilities,
attributes, and personality traits as superior compared with their average peer. This article …

Individuals' perceptions of their own level of cognitive ability are expressed through self-
estimates. They play an important role in a person's self-concept because they facilitate an …

» Soziale Konflikte sind nie einfach nur da, sie werden auch gesellschaftlich hergestellt:
entfacht, angeheizt, getriggert.«Von einer» Spaltung der Gesellschaft «ist immer häufiger …

People evaluate themselves more positively than they evaluate most other people. Although
this better than average (BTA) effect was originally thought to represent a motivated bias …

People's self-perception biases often lead them to see themselves as better than the
average person (a phenomenon known as self-enhancement). This bias varies across …

When based on perceived rather than on objective income distributions, the Meltzer-
Richards hypothesis and the POUM hypothesis work quite well empirically: there exists a …

People desire to maximize the positivity, and minimize the negativity, of their self-views. The
tendency to exalt one's virtues and soften one's weaknesses, relative to objective criteria …

Do self-enhancement/self-protection and self-esteem reflect fundamental human motivations
or are they culturally bound occurrences? The debate on universalism versus cultural …