Question

You are driving down the road when you witness a motorcyclist fall off of their bike into the road. You think about stopping to help but you see how many other cars on the road and you reason that someone will stop and help the fallen biker. This is an example of the ___________.

Answer 1

The answer is false consensus effect.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a type of cognitive bias in which people assume that the majority of others share the same beliefs, ideas or opinions. This usually leads to a misjudgement or "false consensus".

In addition, when people are disproven about their assumptions, they might declare that others have wrong opinions.