How the Dunning-Kruger Effect Impairs Judgement in High-Risk Professions

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The Dunning-Kruger effect causes individuals with limited expertise to overestimate their competence, leading to poor decisions.
High-risk professions like medicine and aviation are particularly affected, where overconfidence can have harmful or fatal consequences.
Inexperienced students in these fields are more prone to unmerited confidence due to the Dunning-Kruger effect.
The bias also impacts criminal investigations and emergency situations, degrading professional performance.
Dunning's dual burden account and self-serving bias best explain the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Correctives include management awareness that self-confidence doesn't equate to capability and organizational structures that encourage continual feedback.
Supervisors should not rely solely on self-assessment and should promote self-doubt as a tool for improvement.

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