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American psychologist
Emily Pronin
BornNew York City, New York
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStanford University
Yale University
Known forIntrospection illusion
Bias blind spot
Spouse Joshua Rabinowitz ​(m. 2008)​
Scientific career
FieldsSelf-perception theory
Behavior genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Princeton

Emily Pronin is an American psychologist who specializes in human self-perception and decision making. She is a professor of Psychology and Public affair at Princeton University. She created and coined the terms Bias blind spot and Introspection illusion.

Biography

She was born in New York City to Irvin, a regulatory lawyer and Vivian R. Pronin an independent geriatric care manager. She received her BA from Yale University and her PhD from Stanford University.

Research

In 2002, Pronin and her colleagues initially defined the Bias blind spot in 2002, which is the observation that people feel they are less biassed in their judgements and conduct than the overall population, i.e., they are "blind" to their own cognitive biases. While that discovery inspired a slew of subsequent studies, no one has attempted to exactly reproduce the original tests. In 2002, Pronin's research introduced "Naive Realism," highlighting how people tend to believe they have a more objective view of others while underestimating that others might see them more clearly. Pronin coined the term "introspection illusion" to describe the mistaken belief in own unbiased self-perception, she beliefs humans tend to think of themselves as more virtuous than they might be, while readily recognizing the faults in others.

In her research on Free will Pronin explores how people perceive themselves versus others, her research shows that individuals often see their own judgments as rational and influenced by free will, while viewing others as predictable and less guided by free will.

Selected publications

  • Pronin, Emily; Lin, Daniel Y.; Ross, Lee (March 2002). "The Bias Blind Spot: Perceptions of Bias in Self Versus Others". Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 28 (3): 369–381. doi:10.1177/0146167202286008.
  • Pronin, Emily; Olivola, Christopher Y.; Kennedy, Kathleen A. (February 2008). "Doing Unto Future Selves As You Would Do Unto Others: Psychological Distance and Decision Making". Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 34 (2): 224–236. doi:10.1177/0146167207310023. PMID 18156588.
  • Kennedy, Kathleen A.; Pronin, Emily (June 2008). "When Disagreement Gets Ugly: Perceptions of Bias and the Escalation of Conflict". Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 34 (6): 833–848. doi:10.1177/0146167208315158.
  • Pronin, Emily (August 2013). "When the Mind Races: Effects of Thought Speed on Feeling and Action". Current Directions in Psychological Science. 22 (4): 283–288. doi:10.1177/0963721413482324.
  • Pronin, Emily; Gerbasi, Margaret; Todorov, Alexander; Kruse, Elliott; Hansen, Katherine (June 2014). "People Claim Objectivity After Knowingly Using Biased Strategies". Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 40 (6): 691–699. doi:10.1177/0146167214523476. PMID 24562289.
  • Sekhsaria, Shriya; Pronin, Emily (August 2021). "Underappreciated Benefits of Reading Own and Others' Memories". Social Cognition. 39 (4): 504–525. doi:10.1521/soco.2021.39.4.504.
  • Pronin, Emily; Hazel, Lori (October 2023). "Humans' Bias Blind Spot and Its Societal Significance". Current Directions in Psychological Science. 32 (5): 402–409. doi:10.1177/09637214231178745.

References

  1. ^ "Emily Pronin, Joshua Rabinowitz". The New York Times.
  2. "What is 'introspection illusion' in psychology?". The Hindu. 29 May 2018.
  3. "Misunderstanding, Bias, and the Introspection Illusion – BMCC". Borough of Manhattan Community College.
  4. Warren, Matthew. "The "bias blind spot" ("everyone else is more biased than me") just replicated". British Psychological Society.
  5. Magee, Mike (9 August 2023). "Naive Realism and the Legal Profession – The Health Care Blog". The Health Care.
  6. Ayan, Steve. "10 Things You Don't Know about Yourself". Scientific American.
  7. Choi, Charles Q (13 December 2010). "Everyone Thinks Everyone Else Has Less Free Will". Inside Science.
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