From: TODAY
High five, dads! You split housework evenly with moms — or so you think
December 4, 2015
TODAY:
“Over-claiming of this kind is a very common phenomena,” says Nicholas Epley, the John T. Keller Professor of Behavioral Science at the University of Chicago. “People tend to think well of themselves so when you are asking them about something good they have done, they say they do more because that is consistent with who they are.”
Epley says a host of things may have factored into the different perceptions. The Pew survey questions, for example, were written vaguely, meaning people might struggle to answer accurately.
If the questions asked how often each took out the trash or swept the floor, people might have been able to answer more precisely.
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