Representation in Self Portraiture This is a blog to keep track of my dissertation research and to help develop ideas in an organised manner.

Bias Blind spot
     http://changingminds.org/explanations/theories/bias_blind_spot.htm
We often know that people have biases. If we think about it, we also realize that we also use bias in our decisions, yet we still do not compensate sufficiently for our biases.
In particular, we will consider ourselves as being relatively unbiased compared with others.

References

Pronin, Lin, and Ross (2002), Pronin, Gilovich, and Ross (2004)
 Pronin, E., Lin, D. Y., & Ross, L. (2002). The bias blind spot: Perceptions of bias in self versus others. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 369-381

Pronin, E., Gilovich, T. D., & Ross, L. (2004). Objectivity in the eye of the beholder: Divergent perceptions of bias in self versus others. Psychological Review, 111, 781-799.




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