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false-consensus effect

attributional type of cognitive bias whereby people tend to overestimate the extent to which their own opinions, beliefs, preferences, values, and habits are normal and typical of those of others
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false-consensus effect

Summary

false-consensus effect is a cognitive bias[1]. It draws 159 Wikipedia views per month (cognitive_bias category, ranking #32 of 95).[2]

Key Facts

  • false-consensus effect's instance of is recorded as cognitive bias[3].
  • false-consensus effect's part of is recorded as psychological terminology[4].
  • false-consensus effect's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02lq53[5].
  • false-consensus effect's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 4977568[6].

Why It Matters

false-consensus effect draws 159 Wikipedia views per month (cognitive_bias category, ranking #32 of 95).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_false-consensus-effect_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{false-consensus effect}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/false-consensus-effect}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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