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Sally has a crush on Billy but is afraid to ask him out because she does not think he is interested in her. Billy has a crush on Sally but hasn't asked for her phone number because he thinks she'll say "no." This is a case of _______

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That’s kegit tuff XD

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pluralistic ignorance

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Pluralistic ignorance: In psychology, the term "pluralistic ignorance" is described as a specific situation whereby the majority of different group members tends to reject a particular norm secretly or privately yet go along with the given norms because the people involved assumes in a wrong way that other have accepted it.

Pluralistic ignorance is also determined as "no person believes yet every different person thinks that the other person believes".

In the question above, the given case is described as pluralistic ignorance.

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