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What is the name of the cognitive bias wherein a person with low ability in a particular skill mistake themselves as being superior?

  • Müller-Lyer effect
  • Meyers-Briggs effect
  • Dunning-Kruger effect
  • Freud-Hall effect
Explanation

The cognitive bias where a person with low ability in a particular skill mistakenly considers themselves to be superior is known as the Dunning-Kruger effect. This bias was named after psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger, who conducted research in 1999 and found that individuals with low competence tend to overestimate their abilities. This phenomenon occurs due to the inability of these individuals to recognize their own incompetence, leading them to believe they are more knowledgeable or skilled than they truly are.