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This research provides evidence that people overestimate the extent to which their actions and appearance are noted by others, a phenomenon dubbed the spotlight effect.
- Thomas Gilovich, Victoria Husted Medvec, Kenneth Savitsky
- 2000
Oct 13, 2023 · The article highlights and describes characteristic features of people who have a strong spotlight effect and also proposes recommendations for overcoming the phenomenon under consideration.
focuses on the manifestations and implications of the spotlight effect across a host of everyday social phenomena. Most of us stand out in our own minds.
Evidence is provided that people overestimate the extent to which their actions and appearance are noted by others, a phenomenon dubbed the spotlight effect, and that people appear to anchor on their own rich phenomenological experience and then adjust to take into account the perspective of others.
This research provides evidence that people overestimate the extent to which their actions and appearance are noted by others, a phenomenon dubbed the spotlight effect.
Studies 4 and 5 provide evidence supporting an anchoring-and-adjustment interpretation of the spotlight effect. In particular, people appear to anchor on their own rich phenomenological experience and then adjust--insufficiently--to take into account the perspective of others.
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The spotlight effect in social judgment: an egocentric bias in estimates of the salience of one's own actions and appearance. This research provides evidence that people overestimate the extent to which their actions and appearance are noted by others, a phenomenon dubbed the spotlight effect.
