You have just listened to your professor lecture for an hour about material that you find thoroughly confusing.When the professor asks if anyone has any questions,you look around to other students in the class but no one else puts up their hand so you assume you are the only one that is confused.This is an example of

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Pluralistic ignorance occurs when individuals in a group assume that their confusion or lack of knowledge is unique to themselves and no one else in the group is experiencing the same thing. In this situation, the student assumes they are the only one confused because no one else seems to be raising their hand or indicating otherwise.

You Have Just Listened to Your Professor Lecture for an Hour