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perception
You adjust your confidence to match your social environment.
The spotlight effect is the psychological tendency to believe you are being noticed more than you actually are.
You walk through life feeling as though others are scrutinizing your minor mistakes and clothing choices. In reality, most people are focused on their own internal experience and barely register your presence. Your self-consciousness is a byproduct of your own self-centered perception.
You are the protagonist in a show no one is watching.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Gilovich, 2000
- What the check found
- The definition is accurate and the 2000 citation refers to the seminal work by Gilovich, Savitsky, and Medvec.
- Confidence
- Well replicated
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