Many college students drink unhealthy amounts of alcohol,because they mistakenly assume that (a) everyone drinks alcohol and (b) everyone drinks more than they really do.This bias is known as

A) the fundamental attribution error.
B) pluralistic ignorance.
C) group attribution error.
D) normative drift.
E) the autokinetic effect.

Pluralistic Ignorance

Pluralistic ignorance describes a situation where a majority of group members privately reject a norm, but assume incorrectly that most others accept it.

Autokinetic Effect

A phenomenon of visual perception in which a stationary, small point of light in a dark room appears to move because of involuntary eye movements.