The optimist, The Pessimist, and the Role of Peers
Although the incidence of projection will logically decline as your peers are more and more incongruent in relation to you
. When you feel as though your perspective is the majority you will attribute other personality traits of yours upon your peers, or simply assume that because your peers share a similar perspective them are "half-full" of your traits. While being among peers of different perspectives will lead you to assume that they are "half-empty" of your traits. This is a projection cut-off, with projection leading to a feeling of collectivity with other peers, while its lack will lead to a barrier. This is the difference between feeling as though you are a superior minority or an average majority.
The optimist, The Pessimist, and the Role of Peers