Question

Jamie decides to invite all of her new coworkers to see a movie with her. Jamie has her heart set on a particular comedy, and instead of polling her coworkers to determine what they would like to see, she assumes that most of them will share her desire to see the comedy. Jamie has fallen prey to ________.

Answer 1

false consensus effect

Step-by-step explanation:

False consensus is a cognitive bias people have when they overestimate their understanding of the world. People who have this bias that their frame of reference is the one that everyone else has. This bias makes them believe that they know what other people are thinking and what the other people will think.

Here, Jamie believes that like her everyone would want to watch a comedy. This is an overestimation by Jamie of what her coworkers choices are. She thinks that her choice will be everyone's choice. So, Jamie has fallen prey to the false consensus effect.