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Spotlight effect

🧠 Psychology By CampusDown Wiki Editorial Team Last updated
The spotlight effect is the tendency to overestimate how much others notice and remember our appearance, actions and mistakes.
Contents
  1. 1. Overview
  2. 2. Frequently asked questions
  3. 3. References

Overview

In Gilovich, Medvec and Savitsky (2000), students wearing an embarrassing T-shirt predicted about half of peers would notice; about a quarter did. Related: the illusion of transparency (1998), social anxiety and false consensus effect.

Frequently asked questions

Do others see my nerves?
Less than you think.

References

  1. Gilovich, T., Medvec, V. H., & Savitsky, K. (2000). The spotlight effect in social judgment: An egocentric bias in estimates of the salience of one’s own actions and appearance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78(2), 211–222.
  2. Gilovich, T., Savitsky, K., & Medvec, V. H. (1998). The illusion of transparency. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75(2), 332–346.

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