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You overestimate your personal consistency.
The 'end of history illusion' suggests that people consistently fail to anticipate how their personality and preferences will shift over time.
The study by Quoidbach, Gilbert, and Wilson (2013) refers to this as the 'end of history illusion' rather than the 'stability bias'.
You are a work in progress, yet you act as if the construction is already finished.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Quoidbach, Gilbert, and Wilson, 2013, Science
- What the check found
- The research accurately describes the psychological phenomenon, but the specific term 'stability bias' is not the primary name used in the Quoidbach, Gilbert, and Wilson (2013) paper.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
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