Gene dislikes his company's recent decision to build a parking garage and require employees to pay $50 a year for a parking permit. He assumes that most, if not all, employees feel like he does. At a company-wide meeting, he gets up to speak and at the end he hands his resignation to his boss. He is surprised when no one else follows his lead. What cognitive bias impacted Gene's thinking?

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Gene is experiencing false-consensus bias, which is the tendency to overestimate how much others agree with our opinions or behaviors. He assumes that most, if not all, employees feel the same way he does about the parking garage and resignation, but in reality, he may be in the minority.

Gene Dislikes His Company's Recent Decision to Build a Parking