Optimism, Pessimism, and the Direction of Self–Other Comparisons

By J. Eiser, Sabine Pahl, Yvonne R.A. Prins. 2001

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Exploring the causes of comparative optimism. (2002, background): “Evidence supporting the notion that people rely primarily on the qualities of the singular target when making judgments comes from several studies (Eiser et al., 2001; Klar & Giladi, 1997; 1999; Kruger, 1999).”
Overconfident: Do You Put Your Money On It? (2005, unknown): “This interpretation is in line with empirical findings by Klar and Giladi (1999), Kruger (1999) and Eiser et al. (2001) , suggesting that in comparative judgments, people focus primarily on self-assessments and less on assessments of others.”
The Complex Evolution of a Simple Traffic Convention: the Functions and Implications of Habit (2004, unknown): “…of our “parsimonious” decision algorithm, it seemed neither necessary, appropriate nor fruitful in this model to incorporate more complex learning procedures such as the “elaboration likelihood model” of Petty and Cacioppo (1986) and the nonlinear models of attitude change by Eiser et al. (2001).”