Dunning-Kruger effect

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Etymology

Coined on everything2 in 2002 by user uucp,[1] who in 2005 copied the same entry to Wikipedia under the title Dunning-Kruger syndrome,[2] named for David Dunning and Justin Kruger of Cornell University, who studied the phenomenon.

Noun

Dunning-Kruger effect (plural Dunning-Kruger effects)

  1. (psychology) A cognitive bias where an individual with limited knowledge or competence in a specific domain tends to greatly overestimate their own ability relative to objective criteria or the performance of others.
    Synonyms: (initialism) DKE, (abbreviation) Dunning-Kruger, Dunning-Kruger bias
    • 2012, Alex Lickerman, The Undefeated Mind‎[1], Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
      Though it grants them the advantage of higher levels of optimism, the Dunning-Kruger effect also hamstrings low performers with an even greater disadvantage: being less aware of their failings, they remain less likely to see the need, and thus make the effort, to improve themselves.
    • 2022, Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor—the Truth and the Turmoil‎[2], Crown, →ISBN:
      [Prince] Andrew, unfortunately, exhibited classic symptoms of what is scientifically recognised as the Dunning-Kruger effect, the cognitive bias in which people come to believe that they are smarter and more capable than they really are. The combination of minimal self-awareness and dim wattage leads sufferers of this condition to overestimate their own capabilities.

See also

References

  1. ^ Everything2 page dated Oct 11 2002, titled "Dunning-Kruger Effect"
  2. ^ Creation of the Wikipedia article at 19:21, 22 July 2005

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