Universal biases in self-perception: Better and more human than average

• Main Authors: LOUGHNAN, Steve, LEIDNER, Bernhard, DORON, Guy, HASLAM, Nick, KASHIMA, Yoshihisa, Jennifer TONG, YEUNG, Victoria
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2010
• Subjects: Applied Behavior Analysis; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research_all/6; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=soss_research_all
• Institution: Singapore Management University

There is a well-established tendency for people to see themselves as better than average (self-enhancement), although the universality of this phenomenon is contested. Much less well-known is the tendency for people to see themselves as more human than average (self-humanizing). We examined these bi...