Difference between revisions of "Dunning–Kruger Effect"
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Kruger and Dunning proposed that, for a given skill, incompetent people will: | Kruger and Dunning proposed that, for a given skill, incompetent people will: | ||
| − | + | * tend to overestimate their own level of skill; | |
| − | + | * fail to recognize genuine skill in others; | |
| − | + | * fail to recognize the extremity of their inadequacy; | |
| − | + | * recognize and acknowledge their own previous lack of skill, if they can be trained to substantially improve. | |
Latest revision as of 10:50, 27 June 2010
The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which "people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it."
Kruger and Dunning proposed that, for a given skill, incompetent people will:
- tend to overestimate their own level of skill;
- fail to recognize genuine skill in others;
- fail to recognize the extremity of their inadequacy;
- recognize and acknowledge their own previous lack of skill, if they can be trained to substantially improve.
