Overconfidence across world regions
Journal article
Stankov, Lazar and Lee, Jihyun. (2014). Overconfidence across world regions. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 45(5), pp. 821 - 837. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022114527345
Authors | Stankov, Lazar and Lee, Jihyun |
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Abstract | In this article, nine world regions (based on samples from 33 nations) are compared in their performance on a cognitive ability test and confidence ratings obtained from the items of the same test. Our results indicate that differences between the world regions are greater on cognitive ability than they are on confidence ratings. Consequently, overconfidence—that is, the degree to which people overestimate their performance on cognitive tasks—is pronounced within the world regions that have lower scores on measures of cognitive ability. A less pronounced overconfidence is also present among the high-achieving world regions. Our findings support a cognitive hypothesis according to which individuals suffer from illusory superiority if the task is difficult. Thus, a commonly observed overconfidence can be seen as a self-deceiving, probably unconscious, mechanism that cushions a person (and countries) from experiencing negative feelings due to cognitive failures. |
Keywords | cross-cultural psychology; decision making; intelligence/abilities |
Year | 2014 |
Journal | Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology |
Journal citation | 45 (5), pp. 821 - 837 |
ISSN | 0022-0221 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022114527345 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84899846496 |
Page range | 821 - 837 |
Research Group | Institute for Positive Psychology and Education |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8v36x/overconfidence-across-world-regions
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