The Dunning Kruger Effect
Channel: Psych2Go
Date: 2017-09-15

The Dunning-Kruger effect (also Mount Stupid or Smug Snake), named after David Dunning and Justin Kruger of Cornell University, occurs where people fail to adequately assess their level of competence — or specifically, their incompetence — at a task and thus consider themselves much more competent than everyone else. This lack of awareness is attributed to their lower level of competence robbing them of the ability to critically analyse their performance, leading to a significant overestimation of themselves.

We offer some strategies at the end on how to overcome the dunning kruger effect. 

Script: Samantha Chaves
Voice Over: Scott Austin
Animation: Dyzkei

Feedback Editor: Risha Maes 
Project Manager: Erin Bogo 
Producer: Psych2Go

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