false consensus
Imagined shared belief
False consensus is the tendency to overestimate how much others share your beliefs, preferences, or behaviors.
People assume their own views are typical and that most reasonable people would agree with them: I thought everyone hated that movie—turns out it was just me.
The bias leads people to see their choices as normal and alternatives as deviant or unusual.
- groupthinkConformity-driven poor decisions
- echo chamberSelf-reinforcing information environment
- cognitive biasSystematic deviation from rationality
- confirmation biasPreferring belief-supporting information
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
in-group bias · assumption · majority · silent majority · illusion · overestimate · agreement · projection · conformity · herd mentality · bubble · herd · bandwagon · delusion · misjudgment · naive · belief · distortion