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Dunning-Kruger effect

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Coined by British clinical psychologist Vaughan Bell in 2006 on Wikipedia,[1] based on the earlier name Dunning-Kruger syndrome (coined by Wikipedia user Uucp in 2005),[2] named for David Dunning and Justin Kruger of Cornell University, who studied the phenomenon.

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Dunning-Kruger effect (plural Dunning-Kruger effects)

  1. (psychology) A cognitive bias by which an unskilled individual suffers from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability as much higher than it actually is.
    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.

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