Term ID: T4128

Overconfidence Effect

/overconfidence-effect/
The tendency to overestimate one's abilities, knowledge, or chances of success beyond what objective evidence supports.
Example: Students predicting higher exam scores than their preparation warrants or investors overestimating their stock-picking abilities.

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Reference: Kahneman & Tversky (1973)