The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people wrongly overestimate their knowledge or ability in a specific area. This tends to occur because a lack of self-awareness prevents them ...

Everyone experiences the Dunning-Kruger effect at some point or another. Here we look at everyday examples and how to recognize it in your own life.

The Dunning-Kruger effect proposes that for certain tasks the skills or knowledge needed to perform well are the same skills required for judging performance. Skip to main content.

The Dunning-Kruger effect was named after two Cornell University psychologists, David Dunning, PhD, and Justin Kruger, PhD. They coined the term in a paper on their observations of this behavior ...

Recognizing the Dunning-Kruger Effect in ourselves is challenging but essential for personal growth. It requires a willingness to be silent, listen, and honestly reflect on our knowledge and ...

The Dunning-Kruger effect is the tendency for people who don’t know what they are talking about to incorrectly have confidence that they do. This may affect their investments.

Eduardo Mello is the co-founder and CTO of Alabama Solutions, which offers nearshore outsourcing and IT staff augmentation services. The Dunning-Kruger effect, a cognitive bias, reveals a curious ...

The Dunning and Kruger experiment did find a real effect – most people think they are better than average. But according to my team’s work, that is all Dunning and Kruger showed.

John Cleese, the British comedian, once summed up the idea of the Dunning–Kruger effect as, “If you are really, really stupid, then it’s impossible for you to know you are really, really stupid.” A ...

One aspect of the Dunning-Kruger Effect is assuming that because you were once very good at something you will always be very good at something despite not engaging in any practice or training for ...

The Dunning-Kruger effect is a term that gets thrown around a lot in arguments, especially online. People use it to say that their opponents don’t know what they are talking about.