Brains Applied's video: Why Are People Staring At You - The Spotlight Effect

Howdy Cowboys, Have you ever felt like everyone on the street was staring at you? Or like everyone was looking at that pimple on your face? Don't worry, you're probably not ugly! You are suffering from the spotlight effect! The Spotlight Effect is a mix of the "false consensus effect" and the "adjustment and anchoring effect". The first one states that people overestimate the extent to which other people share their opinion. Humans are social beings and we always try to fit in with the group. As we want to be normal, we like to think that other people share our opinion. And that's why we create an imaginary consensus of what is normal in our mind so that, in most cases, we can feel better about ourselves. The latter states that people will change their judgement based on the initial information that they get as they don't have a frame of reference. Watch the entire video to see my proof that the spotlight effect really is a thing. Enjoy the ride! Don't forget to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE! Follow Brains Applied on Instagram (and Twitter): https://www.instagram.com/brainsapplied/ https://twitter.com/BrainsApplied   Music by Bensound.com References: Epley, N., & Gilovich, T. (2006). The anchoring-and-adjustment heuristic: Why the adjustments are insufficient. Psychological science, 17(4), 311-318. Gilovich, T., & Savitsky, K. (1999). The spotlight effect and the illusion of transparency: Egocentric assessments of how we are seen by others. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 8(6), 165-168. Gordon, A. M. (2013). Have You Fallen Prey to the "Spotlight Effect?". Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/between-you-and-me/201311/have-you-fallen-prey-the-spotlight-effect Mendoza-Denton, R. (2012). The Spotlight Effect. Psychology Today. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/are-we-born-racist/201206/the-spotlight-effect Ross, L., Greene, D., & House, P. (1977). The “false consensus effect”: An egocentric bias in social perception and attribution processes. Journal of experimental social psychology, 13(3), 279-301.