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competence
You consistently believe you are more capable than you are.
While researchers have found that individuals often rate themselves as above average in various domains, the 1977 study by Lichtenstein and Fischhoff focuses on the calibration of probability assessments rather than relative self-evaluation.
The 'better-than-average' effect is more accurately associated with later studies, such as Svenson (1981) regarding driving performance and Kruger and Dunning (1999) regarding general competence.
Your sense of self-belief acts as a filter that hides your weaknesses.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Lichtenstein and Fischhoff, 1977
- What the check found
- The claim misattributes the 'better-than-average effect' to research on 'probability calibration.'
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
Related
One of these every day, and every one names the study it came from. When a finding is contested, it says so.