Why the unskilled are unaware

Ehrlinger, J., Johnson, K., Banner, M., Dunning, D., & Kruger, J. (2008). Why the unskilled are unaware: Further explorations of (absent) self-insight among the incompetent. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 105(1), 98-121.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2008

DOI

10.1016/j.obhdp.2007.05.002

Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2007.05.002

Cited from

psychology

Cited by

1 citation across 1 artifact.

Each citation links to the sentence it supports in the citing article.

Primes

• Dunning-Kruger Effect
  • This is the core claim of the "double curse": low c not only produces poor performance but also degrades the internal observability needed to recognize the poor performance.

    This sourceFive studies showing poor performers lack insight into their errors even with incentives; supports D16-104 (the metacognitive-access / self-surveillance double-curse claim).

Verification

This reference passed the adversarial substantiation pipeline: it was checked to exist and to support the claim it is attached to. See how references were verified.

Registry ID ref:f0e543343c04 · see in the full table