オオハシ メグミ   Megumi M. OHASHI
  大橋 恵
   所属   東京未来大学  こども心理学部 こども心理学科心理専攻
   職種   教授
言語種別 英語
発行・発表の年月 2004/08
形態種別 研究論文(学術雑誌)
査読 査読あり
標題 Super-ordinary bias in Japanese self-predictions of future life events
執筆形態 共著
掲載誌名 ASIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
掲載区分国外
出版社・発行元 WILEY-BLACKWELL
巻・号・頁 7(2),pp.169-185
担当区分 筆頭著者,責任著者
著者・共著者 Megumi M Ohashi, Susumu Yamaguchi
概要 Japanese are said to value being ordinary and emphasize similarity with others. We theorized that Japanese tend to. perceive themselves as being ordinary, so much so that their self-predictions about future life events are biased (super-ordinary bias). Specifically, it was expected that Japanese overestimate the likelihood of experiencing common events (such as getting married or catching the flu) and underestimate the likelihood of experiencing rare events (such as winning a lottery or being murdered). We examined the effects of commonness and desirability of future life events on the relative-likelihood estimates. Our expectation was supported by three studies, involving a questionnaire, a laboratory experiment, and a mail survey. Findings are consistent with the,assumed tendency to view oneself as being super-ordinary. The super-ordinary bias was also found to be independent of unrealistic optimism or pessimism.
DOI 10.1111/j.1467-839x.2004.00143.x
ISSN 13672223
PermalinkURL https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-839x.2004.00143.x