Carter And Dunning Critical Analysis
A Critical Review of Carter and Dunning, 2008, Faulty Self-Assessment: Why Evaluating One’s Own Competence Is an Intrinsically Difficult Task, Social and Personality Psychology Compass 2/1: 346-360.
‘‘Know yourself. Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful’’, as the saying of Ann Landers (American advice columnist)goes on, Carter and Dunning (2008, p.346) wrote an article on faulty self-assessment and the reasons behind the difficulties in evaluating an individual’s own competence. This essay aimed to provide a critical aspect on the task of judging one’s self correctly. However, the main point of this article is mostly about the failure of recognizing one’s true competence (Carter & Dunning, 2008). …show more content…
(1984). Assessment of covariation by humans and animals: The joint influence of prior expectations and current situational information. Psychological Review, 112-149.
Brown, T., & Taylor, W. (2000). Positive illusions, coping, and inferential reasoning during the process of organizational change. New York: Psychology Press.
Caputo, D., & Dunning, D. (2005). What You Don’t Know: The Role Played By Errors Of Omission In Imperfect Self-assessments. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 488-505.
Carter, T. J., & Dunning, D. (2008). Faulty Self-assessment: Why Evaluating One’s Own Competence Is an Intrinsically Difficult Task. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2/1, 346-360.
Dunning, D. (2005). Self-Insight: Roadblocks and Detours on the Path to Knowing Thyself. New York: Psychology Press.
Dunning, D., & Kruger, J. (1999). Unskilled and unaware of it: How difficulties in recognizing one’s own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 1122–1135.
Dunning, D., Heath, C., & Suls, J. (2004). Flawed Self-Assessment. Implications for Health, Education, And The Workplace. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, …show more content…
(1997). Construal processes and trait ambiguity: Implications for self- peer agreement in personality judgment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 664-677.
Hershey, J., & Baron, J. (1990). Judgment by outcomes: When is it justified? Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 89-93.
Johnson, K., Kruger, J., & Ehrlinger, J. (2008). Why the Unskilled Are Unaware: Further Explorations of (Absent) Self-Insight Among the Incompetent. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 108(1), 97-120.
Mehl, M., & Vazire, S. (2008). Knowing Me, Knowing You: The Accuracy and Unique Predictive Validity of Self-Ratings and Other-Ratings of Daily. Behavior Journal of Social Psycholgy, 94(4), 1203-1217.
Rosen, S., & Tesser, A. (1975). Fear of Negative Evaluation and the Reluctance to Transmit Bad News. Journal of Communication, 124-141.
Sirgy, M. J. (1986). Self-congruity toward a theory of personality and cybernetics. New
York
‘‘Know yourself. Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful’’, as the saying of Ann Landers (American advice columnist)goes on, Carter and Dunning (2008, p.346) wrote an article on faulty self-assessment and the reasons behind the difficulties in evaluating an individual’s own competence. This essay aimed to provide a critical aspect on the task of judging one’s self correctly. However, the main point of this article is mostly about the failure of recognizing one’s true competence (Carter & Dunning, 2008). …show more content…
(1984). Assessment of covariation by humans and animals: The joint influence of prior expectations and current situational information. Psychological Review, 112-149.
Brown, T., & Taylor, W. (2000). Positive illusions, coping, and inferential reasoning during the process of organizational change. New York: Psychology Press.
Caputo, D., & Dunning, D. (2005). What You Don’t Know: The Role Played By Errors Of Omission In Imperfect Self-assessments. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 488-505.
Carter, T. J., & Dunning, D. (2008). Faulty Self-assessment: Why Evaluating One’s Own Competence Is an Intrinsically Difficult Task. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2/1, 346-360.
Dunning, D. (2005). Self-Insight: Roadblocks and Detours on the Path to Knowing Thyself. New York: Psychology Press.
Dunning, D., & Kruger, J. (1999). Unskilled and unaware of it: How difficulties in recognizing one’s own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 1122–1135.
Dunning, D., Heath, C., & Suls, J. (2004). Flawed Self-Assessment. Implications for Health, Education, And The Workplace. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, …show more content…
(1997). Construal processes and trait ambiguity: Implications for self- peer agreement in personality judgment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 664-677.
Hershey, J., & Baron, J. (1990). Judgment by outcomes: When is it justified? Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 89-93.
Johnson, K., Kruger, J., & Ehrlinger, J. (2008). Why the Unskilled Are Unaware: Further Explorations of (Absent) Self-Insight Among the Incompetent. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 108(1), 97-120.
Mehl, M., & Vazire, S. (2008). Knowing Me, Knowing You: The Accuracy and Unique Predictive Validity of Self-Ratings and Other-Ratings of Daily. Behavior Journal of Social Psycholgy, 94(4), 1203-1217.
Rosen, S., & Tesser, A. (1975). Fear of Negative Evaluation and the Reluctance to Transmit Bad News. Journal of Communication, 124-141.
Sirgy, M. J. (1986). Self-congruity toward a theory of personality and cybernetics. New
York