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Direct linkMiller, Tyler M.; Geraci, Lisa – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2011
People are generally overconfident in their self-assessments and this overconfidence effect is greatest for people of poorer abilities. For example, poor students predict that they will perform much better on exams than they do. One explanation for this result is that poor performers in general are doubly cursed: They lack knowledge of the…
Descriptors: Prediction, Metacognition, Low Achievement, Self Esteem
