The Dunning–Kruger effect describes a tendency for incompetent individuals to overestimate their ability. The effect has both seeped into popular imagination and been the subject of scientific critique. Jansen et al. combine computational modelling with a large-scale replication of the original findings to shed new light on the drivers of the Dunning–Kruger effect.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Relevant articles
Open Access articles citing this article.
-
Exposure to social bots amplifies perceptual biases and regulation propensity
Scientific Reports Open Access 24 November 2023
Access options
Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals
Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription
$29.99 / 30 days
cancel any time
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 12 digital issues and online access to articles
$119.00 per year
only $9.92 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
References
Kruger, J. & Dunning, D. J. Pers. Soc. Psychol. 77, 1121–1134 (1999).
Jansen, R. A., Rafferty, A. N. & Griffiths, T. L. Nat. Hum. Behav. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01057-0 (2021).
Krueger, J. & Mueller, R. A. J. Pers. Soc. Psychol. 82, 180–188 (2002).
Burson, K. A., Larrick, R. P. & Klayman, J. J. Pers. Soc. Psychol. 90, 60–77 (2006).
Vuorre, M., & Metcalfe, J. Metacog. Learn. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-020-09257-1 (2021).
Fleming, S. M. & Daw, N. D. Psychol. Rev. 124, 91–114 (2017).
Fleming, S. M. & Lau, H. C. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 8, 443 (2014).
McIntosh, R. D., Fowler, E. A., Lyu, T. & Della Sala, S. J. Exp. Psychol. 148, 1882–1897 (2019).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Ethics declarations
Competing interests
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Mazor, M., Fleming, S.M. The Dunning-Kruger effect revisited. Nat Hum Behav 5, 677–678 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01101-z
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01101-z
This article is cited by
-
Exposure to social bots amplifies perceptual biases and regulation propensity
Scientific Reports (2023)
-
An examination of the effect of feedback on meta-ignorance of mental illness public stigma
Metacognition and Learning (2023)