Dunning, David

Unskilled and unaware of it: How difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments

Kruger, J., & Dunning, D. (1999) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsPersonality Traits and Psychology

Cited by 7,731

Flawed Self-Assessment: Implications for Health, Education, and the Workplace

Dunning, D., Heath, C., & Suls, J. M. (2004) · Psychological Science in the Public Interest

Personality Traits and PsychologyDecision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Cited by 1,865

Why People Fail to Recognize Their Own Incompetence

Dunning, D., Johnson, K., Ehrlinger, J., & Kruger, J. (2003) · Current Directions in Psychological Science

Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsPersonality Traits and Psychology

Cited by 1,224

Ambiguity and self-evaluation: The role of idiosyncratic trait definitions in self-serving assessments of ability.

Dunning, D., Meyerowitz, J. A., & Holzberg, A. D. (1989) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Personality Traits and PsychologyPsychological Testing and Assessment

Cited by 758

Why the unskilled are unaware: Further explorations of (absent) self-insight among the incompetent

Ehrlinger, J., Johnson, K., Banner, M., Dunning, D., & Kruger, J. (2008) · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsPersonality Traits and Psychology

Cited by 707

See what you want to see: Motivational influences on visual perception

Balcetis, E., & Dunning, D. (2006) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Visual perception and processing mechanismsPsychological Testing and Assessment

Cited by 649

How chronic self-views influence (and potentially mislead) estimates of performance.

Ehrlinger, J., & Dunning, D. (2003) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Education, Achievement, and GiftednessSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 480

Wishful Seeing: More Desired Objects Are Seen as Closer

Balcetis, E., & Dunning, D. (2010) · Psychological Science

Visual perception and processing mechanismsDecision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Cited by 320

A Newer Look: Motivated Social Cognition and the Schematic Representation of Social Concepts

Dunning, D. (1999) · Psychological Inquiry

Social and Intergroup PsychologyPersonality Traits and Psychology

Cited by 264

Egocentric definitions of traits and abilities in social judgment

Dunning, D., & Cohen, G. L. (1992) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Social and Intergroup PsychologyPersonality Traits and Psychology

Cited by 196

Overconfidence among beginners: Is a little learning a dangerous thing?

Sanchez, C., & Dunning, D. (2018) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsPersonality Traits and Psychology

Cited by 177

Turning up the contrast: Self-enhancement motives prompt egocentric contrast effects in social judgments

Beauregard, K. S., & Dunning, D. (1998) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Social and Intergroup PsychologyPersonality Traits and Psychology

Cited by 134

When Self-Affirmations Reduce Defensiveness: Timing Is Key

Critcher, C. R., Dunning, D., & Armor, D. A. (2010) · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Death Anxiety and Social ExclusionSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 118