[Tango-L] Perception of skill level

[NANCY]

>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.


http://www.apa.org/journals/features/psp7761121.pdf

Is there an application to tango dancers/teachers/wannabes?

Curiously,
Nancy