False Consensus Among Middle-Eastern and Western Israeli Students

Abstract

Perceptions of false consensus (FC) among Middle-Eastern and Western Israeli Jews were examined. It was hypothesized that Western Jews would direct a higher FC toward their own ethnic group than toward the Middle-Eastern ethnic group but that Middle-Eastern Jews would direct an equal amount of FC toward their own and the Western ethnic group. The Western subjects, more than the Middle-Eastern subjects, displayed a higher FC toward their own ethnic group. Middle-Eastern subjects demonstrated a higher FC toward the Western ethnic group than the Western subjects did toward the Middle-Eastern ethnic group.