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Jiang's classroom example of people misjudging their own performance, used to show why doubt matters.
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Dunning-Kruger
Jiang's classroom example of people misjudging their own performance, used to show why doubt matters.
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diagnosis
Jiang uses Dunning-Kruger to argue that poor self-assessment is a core educational problem: the weakest performers may lack the capacity to recognize their own weakness.
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Dunning-Kruger is used to show that self-doubt and self-reflection are marks of excellence because the worst performers most misjudge themselves.
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"...it's true is there are two American psychologists named Dunning and Kruger. There's something called the Dunning -Kruger effect. And so what they did..."
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"...the capacity to know they're stupid. Okay? So what Dunning and Kruger discovered is that the hardest part of being a student is to..."
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"...often the most confident in the world. That's what's called the Dunning -Kruger effect. And this helps explain why the world is why it..."
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"Because there will be other classes on these topics. We'll be discussing quantum mechanics at a future date. So I want to make sure..."
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"Okay? And the second thing is they asked students how they think they did on that IQ test. Were you in the top 5..."
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"If you're able to doubt yourself, if you're able to question yourself, if you're able to self -reflect, that's a sign of an excellent..."
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