{"id":17262,"date":"2021-02-18T11:50:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T10:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=17262"},"modified":"2021-02-19T12:59:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T11:59:45","slug":"false-consensus-effect-drives-environmental-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2021\/02\/false-consensus-effect-drives-environmental-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"False Consensus Effect Drives Environmental Damage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I bet everyone else does it too!” Have you experienced justifying a wrongful action by arguing that it is socially acceptable to do so? If your answer is yes, you may have fallen trap to the false consensus <\/strong>effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The false consensus effect is a psychological concept which states that people overestimate how acceptable and prevalent their own behavior is. According to research, this psychological thinking has contributed to environmental damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click the link and find out more about the false consensus effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/theconversation.com\/everyone-else-does-it-so-i-can-too-how-the-false-consensus-effect-drives-environmental-damage-153305<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Can you cite some situations when the false consensus effect can be observed?<\/li>
  2. How can the false consensus effect contribute to environmental damage?<\/li>
  3. Have you fallen victim to false consensus effect?<\/li>
  4. What can we do to prevent ourselves from falling into this kind of psychological thinking?<\/li>
  5. Based on the article, how can the same psychological concept be used to address the problem of environmental damage?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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