Trivia of the Week: The Dunning-Kruger Effect

Dunning and Kruger did experiments showing that people with a little skill at something have more confidence in their ability than people with more skill. This is because as you learn more about something, you become more aware of the ways in which you could be better at it. Have you been trying to learn a new skill (like speaking English!) but feel like you aren’t making enough progress? You are better than you think! You just understand your faults better as you learn more about the skill.

ダニングとクルーガーは、能力の低い人が能力の高い人よりも実際の自分を高く評価してしまうという実験を行いまいした。なぜなら、学んでいくにつれ自分の足りないところが分かるようになります。英語を話すなどスキルを習得しようとしても、あまり上達していないと感じたことはありますか？思っているより上手なはずです！知識が増えるからこそ自分がまだまだだと感じるようになります。