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perception
You believe you understand others better than they understand you.
The illusion of asymmetric insight is the tendency for people to believe that they know others better than others know them, and that they are more knowable to others than others are to them.
The study was published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2001).
You are a mystery to everyone else, just as they are to you.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Pronin et al., 2001, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- What the check found
- The study was published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, not the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. The claim also misstates the core asymmetry.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
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