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holier-than-thou effect: a standalone construct

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holier-than-thoueffect1 CONSTRUCTHolier-than-thou effectEPLEY · MORAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Moral psychology

people's tendency to predict they will act more morally than others, mainly from overestimating their own goodness.

In moral psychology, holier-than-thou effect refers to people's tendency to predict they will act more morally than others, mainly from overestimating their own goodness. This meaning comes from Epley (2000) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.[1]

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  1. Epley, N., & Dunning, D. (2000). Feeling "holier than thou": Are self-serving assessments produced by errors in self- or social prediction? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79(6), 861-875. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.79.6.861

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