[Tango-L] Perception of skill level

Myk Dowling politas at gmail.com
Wed Oct 1 22:53:06 EDT 2008


NANCY wrote:
>>From a tango dancer's Blog ( but referring to a certain VP candidate):
> 
> "Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments." 
> 
> The two Cornell psychologists began with the following assumptions:
> Incompetent individuals tend to overestimate their own level of skill.
> Incompetent individuals fail to recognize genuine skill in others.
> Incompetent individuals fail to recognize the extremity of their inadequacy.

These are actually the _conclusions_ of the studies referenced, not 
_assumptions_.



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