The Dunning-Kruger Effect May Help Explain Trump's Support.
A new study suggests some people grossly overestimate their political knowledge.
'In the past, some prominent psychologists have explained President Donald Trumps unwavering support by alluding to a well-established psychological phenomenon known as the Dunning-Kruger effect. The effect is a type of cognitive bias, where people with little expertise or ability assume they have superior expertise or ability. This overestimation occurs as a result of the fact that they dont have enough knowledge to know they dont have enough knowledge. This simple but loopy concept has been demonstrated dozens of times in well-controlled psychology studies and in a variety of contexts. However, until now, the effect had not been studied in one of the most obvious and important realmspolitical knowledge.
A new study published in the journal Political Psychology, carried out by the political scientist Ian Anson at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, not only found that the Dunning-Kruger effect applies to politics, it also appears to be exacerbated when partisan identities are made more salient. In other words, those who score low on political knowledge tend to overestimate their expertise even more when greater emphasis is placed on political affiliation.'>>>
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201808/the-dunning-kruger-effect-may-help-explain-trumps-support?
Arkansas Granny
(31,516 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Trump is doing a poor rendition of the Bowery Boys,he reminds one of the Chief Character.
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,691 posts)my dad used to say, "Some people are too stupid to know they're stupid." And now we're surrounded and led by them.
elleng
(130,895 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Seems to be an invasion of the Stupid.