The Tendency to Overestimate the Commonality of One's Abilities and Desirable

question 52

Multiple Choice

The tendency to overestimate the commonality of one's abilities and desirable behaviours is known as

• A)the self-reference effect.
• B)self-handicapping.
• C)the false uniqueness effect.
• D)the false consensus effect.

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