Pluralistic ignorance
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In social psychology, pluralistic ignorance is a situation in which a majority of group members privately reject a norm, but incorrectly assume that most others accept it, and therefore go along with it. This is also described as "no one believes, but everyone thinks that everyone believes." In short, pluralistic ignorance is a bias about a social group, held by a social group.
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See also
- Abilene paradox
- Conformity
- Groupthink
- False consensus
- Peer pressure
- Political correctness
- Silent majority
- Spiral of silence
- Social norms marketing
- The Emperor's New Clothes
- Thomas theorem
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