ISBN: 9798277839805 - confident incompetence: understanding the dunning kruger effect and why we feel smarter than we are (3 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - We like to believe we understand ourselves. We like to think our judgments are sound and our abilities are clear. Yet the mind often paints a picture of competence that does not match reality. Confident Incompetence explores why this happens and how the Dunning Kruger effect quietly shapes the way we see our own knowledge.This book takes you inside the psychology of overconfidence and shows how easily the feeling of knowing can appear long before genuine understanding develops. It explains why early familiarity with a topic creates the illusion of mastery, why the mind struggles to see its own blind spots, and why confidence often rises fastest when knowledge is at its lowest.You will learn how cognitive biases distort self assessment, how metacognition affects the way we judge our abilities, and how overconfidence influences decisions in school, work, leadership, and everyday life. The book also reveals why experts often become more humble as their knowledge grows and why beginners sometimes feel the most certain.Confident Incompetence is not a book about pointing fingers. It is a guide to clearer thinking. It helps readers understand their own mental shortcuts, recognize when their confidence might be misleading them, and build habits that support better judgment. The goal is to create a more accurate, grounded sense of self awareness that leads to stronger decisions and lifelong learning. If you want to understand why confidence often feels easier than accuracy and how to think more clearly by recognizing the limits of what you know, this book will guide you with clarity and depth.Inside this book you will discover- What the Dunning Kruger effect really is and what it is not- Why people misjudge their abilities across so many areas of life- How confidence grows faster than competence in early learning- How social media amplifies false certainty- Why leaders and workplaces are especially vulnerable to overconfidence- Practical strategies for improving self awareness and reducing misjudgment.…