VOCABULARY: Dunning–Kruger effect — perception versus reality

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Dunning–Kruger effect

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Relation between average self-perceived performance and average actual performance on a college exam.[1] The red area shows the tendency of low performers to overestimate their abilities. Nevertheless, low performers’ self-assessment is lower than that of high performers.

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