Talk:Pluralistic ignorance

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this is more akin to the "third person effect" than groupthink.

Eliminate paragraph on "the bystander effect"
It is not substantiated and appears to be the result of "original research" (if at all). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sslevine (talk • contribs) 14:33, 26 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia has a clear policy of eliminating unsubstantiated claims. I could not find support for the claims in this paragraph, and would consider keeping the paragraph if someone can provide such support. --Sslevine (talk) 12:06, 19 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm a little surprised at this challenge as it would be difficult to open a chapter on the bystander effect in any social psychology textbook and not find a discussion of pluralistic ignorance. Nevertheless, I have provided a reference so that should take care of the problem. --Jcbutler (talk) 17:17, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Witch hunts in the cold war and assaults on gays? These things may be bad, but what do they have to do with pluralistic ignorance? Seems like political tripe. 74.215.255.82 (talk) 04:32, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Contrast with false consensus
The contrast with false consensus, as written, is not at all clear. Frankly I can't make head or tails of it. Dlabtot (talk) 12:39, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Dlabtot, I realize there have been several edits on the contrast with false consensus since your comment, but it seems understandable to me. Would it be alright to mark this issue as resolved? --Emmieleigh (talk) 23:42, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
 * wow, 8 years later... I'm not gonna go back and research the text at that time to see why I made that comment, but while perhaps not expressed ideally, I would not make that comment today. Dlabtot (talk) 07:28, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: COMM 500 Theory and Literature of Communication
— Assignment last updated by IsabelGue (talk) 23:41, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

UPDATE Wiki Education assignment: COMM 500 Theory and Literature of Communication
Hello everyone,

I have published my edits to the live article. This involved the addition of the following sections (& accompanying copy): History, Causes of Divergence in Public vs. Private Opinion, and Related Phenomena. I also reworked existing sections to include more relevant information, subheadings, as well as removed unnecessary information or information that was not associated with a credible reference. To illustrate the bystander effect, I added an image in the section on Consequences.

For future edits to the article, I would recommend diving deeper into the necessity of observability in the existence of pluralistic ignorance (I didn't have time to focus on this aspect of the phenomenon). There are also more recent studies of pluralistic ignorance that have yet to be discussed in the Applications section of the article. A couple being pluralistic ignorance causing student-athletes to underperform academically, as well as underreport concussions.

If there are any questions about/issues with the edits I have made, please feel free to leave a comment here or feel free to make edits to the live article. All suggestions are welcome.

Thank you for your patience and help in advance! :)

Best,

Jaybreeze123 (talk) 23:11, 14 December 2023 (UTC)