The Dunning-Kruger effect revisited

The Dunning-Kruger effect revisited

The Dunning–Kruger effect describes a tendency for incompetent individuals to overestimate their ability. The effect has both seeped into popular imagination and been the subject of scientific critique. Jansen et al. combine computational modelling with a large-scale replication of the original find...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature human behaviour 2021-06, Vol.5 (6), p.677-678
Hauptverfasser: Mazor, Matan, Fleming, Stephen M.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The Dunning–Kruger effect describes a tendency for incompetent individuals to overestimate their ability. The effect has both seeped into popular imagination and been the subject of scientific critique. Jansen et al. combine computational modelling with a large-scale replication of the original findings to shed new light on the drivers of the Dunning–Kruger effect.
ISSN:2397-3374
2397-3374
DOI:10.1038/s41562-021-01101-z