Dunning-Kruger Effect: Intuitive Errors Predict Overconfidence on the Cognitive Reflection Test.

ABSTRACT: The Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT) is a measure of analytical reasoning that cues an intuitive but incorrect response that must be rejected for successful performance to be attained. The CRT yields two types of errors: Intuitive errors, which are attributed to Type 1 processes; and non-intuitive errors, which result from poor numeracy skills or deficient reasoning. Past research shows that participants who commit the highest numbers of errors on the CRT overestimate their performance the most, whereas those with the lowest error-rates tend to slightly underestimate. This is an example of the Dunning-Kruger Effect (DKE). The present study examined how intuitive vs. non-intuitive errors contribute to overestimation in the CRT at different levels of performance. Female undergraduate students

SUBMITTER: Coutinho MVC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8060648 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature