Ambiguity and Self-Evaluation: The Role of Idiosyncratic Trait Definitions in Self-Serving Assessments of Ability
Cambridge University Press eBooksPublished 8 July 2002
David Dunning, Judith A. Meyerowitz, Amy D. Holzberg
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Abstract
When people are asked to evaluate their own abilities, the assessments they provide tend to be self-serving. Indeed, often the appraisals that people endorse appear to be favorable to a logically impossible degree.
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