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Investigation of the Better-Than-Average Phenomenon

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Psychology

 

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May 29, 2013

 

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In most ability areas studied, more people rate their abilities as above average, than below average. These findings are consistent with those accumulated in studies by Svenson (1981) which demonstrated that drivers perceived themselves to be above average. Seventy-six percent of the drivers considered themselves as safer than the driver with median safety, and sixty-five percent of the drivers considered themselves more skillful than the driver with median skills (Evan, 1991)...
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This element of self-perception is referred to as the ?better-than-average effect', which indicates that people almost always have an optimistic view of their own potential and tend to overestimate their own abilities. People naturally select the principle that places them in the best light, and most are unrealistically optimistic about their personal future (Gazzaniga & Heatherton, 2003) believing they are less susceptible to danger...
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