Joey and phillip are high school students in the same class. joey imitates phillip's stammer in front of his friends and laughs.

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Joey and phillip are high school students in the same class. joey imitates phillip's stammer in front of his friends and laughs.

when none of his friends comment on his imitation, joey assumes that they find phillip's stammer funny as well. this scenario best exemplifies the _____ effect.

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Zepler [3.9K] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-14T02:05:15+03:00

This scenario best exemplifies the "false consensus" effect.

The false consensus effect happens when we overestimate the quantity of other individuals (or degree to which other individuals) share our sentiments, convictions, and practices. In this way, once in a while people have a tendency to trust that others are more like them than is really the case.