What Does the Better Than Average Effect Refer To

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Multiple Choice

What does the better than average effect refer to?

• A) people's tendency to rank themselves higher than others on positive attributes
• B) people's tendency to perform better than average in areas that are strongly connected to their self-schema
• C) the fact that most people perform better than average on most tests of ability
• D) the fact that if you tell someone they have average ability in a given domain, they tend to interpret this feedback more positively than intended

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