AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -What is Pluralistic Ignorance? Simply put, pluralistic ignorance occurs when individual members of a group (such as a school, a team, a workplace, or a group of friends) believe that others in their group hold comparably more or less extreme attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors.

Detailed explanation-2: -For example, victims of pluralistic ignorance see themselves as deviant members of their peer group: less knowledgeable than their classmates, more uptight than their peers, less committed than their fellow board members, less competent than their fellow nurses.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pluralistic ignorance occurs whenever people act in ways that conflict with their private beliefs because of a concern for the social consequences.