We think you agree: The detrimental impact of the false consensus effect on behavior

By K. P. Bauman, Glenn Geher. 2002

89 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, General Decision Sciences, Sociology and Political Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/f3903eb86daadf790267349c15ce5f454295ff88

How researchers see this paper

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In Applied Psychology

1. Reinout W. Wiers
2. Rutger C. M. E. Engels
3. Stephan Lewandowsky
4. Ben R. Newell
5. Alan W. Stacy
6. Kentaro Fujita

In General Decision Sciences

1. Reinout W. Wiers
2. Stephan Lewandowsky
3. Ben R. Newell
4. Alan W. Stacy
5. Gerd Gigerenzer

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Rutger C. M. E. Engels
2. Bruce D. Bartholow
3. Reinout W. Wiers
4. Stephan Lewandowsky
5. Ben R. Newell
6. Alan W. Stacy
7. Naomi Oreskes
8. S. van der Linden

Citations in the corpus

• Seepage: Climate change denial and its effect on the scientific community (2015, background): “Uncertainty arising out of perceived expert disagreement is particularly effective at generating public doubt about an issue.”
• Automatic and controlled processes and the development of addictive behaviors in adolescents: a review and a model. (2007, background): “The processes targeted by this approach are “false consensus” (i.e., heavier drinkers tend to believe that others are likely to be heavy drinkers, Bauman and Geher, 2002; Ross et al., 1977; Suls et al., 1988) and “pluralistic ignorance” (i.e., that there is a common but false belief about the…”