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Dunning-Kruguer Effect → a form of cognitive bias where people overestimate their ability to do a particular task.

It happens when an unskilled individual gain an illusion of superiority, leading to overconfidence in her/his ability to execute the task. As time progresses and the individual gains more knowledge, s/he begins to realize that there is much more than what s/he thinks s/he knows.

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Book
Kruguer, J., Dunning, D. (1999). Unskilled and unaware of it: How Difficulties in Recognizing One’s Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Awareness.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 6, 1121 – 1134.