The spotlight effect in social judgment: An egocentric bias in estimates of the salience of one's own actions and appearance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78 (2), 211–222. https ...

They followed up this first set of studies with a third study where they tested whether the spotlight effect extends not just to people’s appearances, but also their actions. They had people get ...

In making mistakes, it’s normal to worry your every flaw is being highlighted. There’s a psychological term for this: the spotlight effect.