Are the Unskilled Really That Unaware? An alternative explanation

Marian Krajc and Andreas Ortmann

CERGE-EI Working Papers from The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute, Prague

Abstract: In a series of articles and manuscripts (e.g., Kruger & Dunning, 1999, Dunning et al.,2003, Ehrlinger et al., 2005), Dunning, Kruger and their collaborators argued that the unskilled lack the metacognitive ability to realize their incompetence. We propose that the unskilled-and-unaware problem – rather than being one of biased judgements – is one of unbiased judgements based on biased information.

Keywords: Calibration; judgement errors; unskilled; unaware; metacognition. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C46 C91 C93 D01 D81 D83 D84 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-04
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