Overconfidence Across World Regions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2314535 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lazar Stankov (0000-0001-8823-2540, Australian Catholic University, Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia, corresponding author), Jihyun Lee (0000-0001-9357-5345, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 821-837 |
| Publication date | 2014-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0221 • E-ISSN: 1552-5422 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022022114527345 |
| OpenAlex | W2320284450 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 35 |
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
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Feeling · Overconfidence effect · Test (biology · Unconscious mind · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Emotional Intelligence and Performance · Psychological and Educational Research Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 18 |
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| Citations per year | 1,64 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |