Are you guilty of unconscious overclaiming?

“Uunconscious overclaiming” is the phenomenon in which we unconsciously overestimate our contributions or skills relative to other people’s. In one study, for example, when students in a work group each estimated their contribution to the team, the total was 139 percent. A recent post on The Happiness Project blog has me thinking about the things that I do that I think I spend more time doing and are more important than things other people do.

Is my contribution greater or less than those around me? Do I really spend more time on household chores than others do because my house is 100 years old? If someone earns twice the money than their spouse/partner, does that release a person from responsibility for domestic chores, when both people work outside the home?