Illusion of Transparency

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Psychology

Foundational Lexiconthey can see through me
Executive Parlanceemotional leakage overestimate
Scholarly Discourseempathic inaccuracy
Babel ZenithIllusion of Transparency
Origin: Social Psychology

Etymology & Meaning

Overestimating how visible our internal states are to others.

In the Boardroom

Thinking your nervousness is more obvious than it is.

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