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Dunning-Kruger bias

Dunning-Kruger bias noun: synonym of Dunning-Kruger effect.

Noun

Dunning-Kruger bias (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of Dunning-Kruger effect.
    • We tested three main behavioural characteristics of Dunning-Kruger bias, such as, unable to understand own lack of knowledge, unable to recognize other's true knowledge and, recognize and understand own lack of knowledge.2019 March 1, Management Association, Information Resources, Rapid Automation: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, IGI Global, →ISBN...
    • We may think that the Dunning Kruger bias could not possibly apply to us because we can't really be hopelessly incompetent. But the point is how we would know. I am not saying that you suffer from that bias, but then you might be a[…]2020 May 24, Phillip T. Erickson, Cognitive Behavior: This Book Includes: Cognitive Dissonance Theory, Mental Models, Critical Thinking, AND Cognitive Biases And The Blind Spots Of Critical Thinking...

Examples of Dunning-Kruger bias in a sentence

  • So it is that the board—as a single decision-making entity—can have a group form of Dunning-Kruger bias, collectively blind to the collective cognitive gap.2020 August 28, Brian Hayward, The Great Chair: A Window on Effective Board Leadership, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 125:
  • You've probably stood in church next to someone with a Dunning-Kruger bias.2021 July 6, Stan Toler, The Power of Your Personal Impact: How to Influence Others for Good, Harvest House Publishers, →ISBN, page 61:

Synonyms of Dunning-Kruger bias

Questions about Dunning-Kruger bias

What does Dunning-Kruger bias mean?
Dunning-Kruger bias means synonym of Dunning-Kruger effect.
How do you use Dunning-Kruger bias in a sentence?
So it is that the board—as a single decision-making entity—can have a group form of Dunning-Kruger bias, collectively blind to the collective cognitive gap.
What part of speech is Dunning-Kruger bias?
Dunning-Kruger bias is a noun.

Words near Dunning-Kruger bias in the dictionary

  1. dunniken
  2. dunnikens
  3. dunniness
  4. dunning
  5. Dunning-Kruger
  6. Dunning-Kruger bias
  7. Dunning-Kruger effect
  8. Dunning-Kruger effects
  9. Dunning-Kruger syndrome
  10. Dunning-Krugerrand
  11. Dunning-Krugerrands

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