Overconfident and unaware: Intellectual humility and the calibration of metacognition. Issue 1 (2nd January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Leman, Joseph; Kurinec, Courtney; Rowatt, Wade
• Is Part Of: Journal of positive psychology. Volume 18:Issue 1(2023)
• Page Start: 178
• Page End: 196
• Publication Date: 2023-01-02
• Subjects: Cognition -- virtue -- bias -- metacognition -- intellectual humility; Positive psychology -- Periodicals; Quality of life -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Happiness -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; 158
• DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2021.1975155
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-9760

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Two studies examined whether Intellectual Humility moderates the Dunning-Kruger Effect – the tendency of those with little relative knowledge/expertise to overclaim their ability. In study 1, participants completed a measure of intellectual humility and were asked to predict their relative performance prior to a test of fluid intelligence, and then their actual performance was compared to their initial prediction and ranked relative to the other performances. Low performers tended to over-estimate their performance (i.e., the Dunning-Kruger effect), but less intellectually humble people demonstrated a greater susceptibility to this effect. Intellectual humility was unrelated to actual performance. These results were replicated in study 2, with a test of general knowledge in place of problem-solving ability. Additionally, in Study 2 more measures of intellectual humility were added to clarify potential relationships. Implications are discussed.