Flawed Self-Assessment

By D. Dunning, Chip Heath, Jerry Suls. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 2004

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The assessment cycle: a model for learning through peer assessment (2016, background): “Individuals generally do a poor job of assessing their own understanding (Dunlosky and Lipko 2007), systematically overestimating their abilities (Dunning, Heath, and Suls 2004); even with limited information, peers are often able to assess the skills and characteristics of others better than of…”
A dynamic approach to psychological strength development and intervention (2011, neutral): “Another potential social problem related to strengths use lies in egocentric biases (Dunning et al., 2004).”
The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits (2008, neutral): “Dunning, Heath, and Suls (2004) show that the limitations of self-report questionnaires extend beyond vulnerability to faking and include the tendency of most individuals to overrate their skills.”
The Modeling and Assessment of Work Performance (2015, background): “In general, self-assessments exhibit greater leniency, less accuracy, and lower correlations with other variables than do other sources (Dunning et al. 2004, Heidemeier & Moser 2009).”