Valuing thoughts, ignoring behavior: The introspection illusion as a source of the bias blind spot

People see themselves as less susceptible to bias than others. We show that a source of this bias blind spot involves the value that people place, and believe they should place, on introspective information (relative to behavioral information) when assessing bias in themselves versus others. Partici...

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Published in:Journal of experimental social psychology 2007-07, Vol.43 (4), p.565-578
Main Authors: Pronin, Emily, Kugler, Matthew B.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Behavior
Bias
Bias blind spot
Biological and medical sciences
Fallibility
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Information
Introspection
Introspection illusion
Judgment
Nonconscious influences
Perception of others
Personality. Affectivity
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Self evaluation
Self representation
Self-perception
Self—other
Social attribution, perception and cognition
Social psychology
Susceptibility
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