False Consensus Effect

Definition

The false consensus effect is a cognitive bias where individuals overestimate the extent to which their opinions, beliefs, preferences, values and habits are normal and typical of those of others.

Related terms

Confirmation Bias:

The tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions.

Social Projection: The process where humans assume others share the same beliefs or values they do themselves.

Cognitive Bias:

Systematic errors in thinking that affect the decisions and judgments that people make.