Question

Researchers put a man in a hot pink shirt and had him walk through the mall food court. Afterwards, they asked the man how many people noticed he was wearing a hot pink shirt. The man said, "about 80%." When they asked people who were in the food court if they noticed the man in the pink shirt, only 15% of people saw him. This experiment demonstrates which phenomenon?

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is the spotlight effect.

Explanation:

In this phenomenon, people think they are more noticeable than they really are. This behaviour can be explained by the inaccuracy to evaluate other people's perceptions (i.e. we mostly think about ourselves, and we tend to forget others do the same).

This conduct is more promimennt when doing something highly uncommon, at least on an individual level.