Why people fail to recognize their own incompetence

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 83-87

  Dunning, David ^a   Johnson, Kerri ^a   Ehrlinger, Joyce ^a   Kruger, Justin ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Metacognition; Overconfidence; Performance evaluation; Self concept; Self evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542588619     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.01235     Document Type: Article

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