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by dane-pgp 1773 days ago
It also most likely occurs when the speaker identifies with the group whose performance they are over-estimating, and imagines that a similar level of performance can be imputed to them.

Such cases are likely the result of the ingroup half of the Ultimate Attribution Error, where positive characteristics are seen as inherent properties of members of the ingroup, but exceptional when displayed by members of the outgroup.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_attribution_error