Daphne loves her social psychology class and thinks that most of the other students in the class love it as well.Anna is in the same class and absolutely hates it.Anna is thoroughly convinced that most of the other students also dislike it.What concept do these distorted perceptions illustrate?

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The distorted perceptions illustrated in this scenario are an example of the false-consensus effect, where individuals believe that their own attitudes and opinions are more common than they actually are. Daphne assumes that most of the other students love the social psychology class, while Anna assumes that most of the other students dislike it, both based on their own attitudes and perceptions.

Daphne Loves Her Social Psychology Class and Thinks That Most