The degree of certainty individuals feel about their decisions and evaluations, which may or may not correspond to actual accuracy of judgments.
Example: Overconfident investors making poor financial decisions, or clinicians being very certain about diagnoses that later prove incorrect, showing confidence-accuracy gaps.
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