Category: General Knowledge | Last updated: 2026-09-17
A novice painter, after completing a few basic art classes, confidently declares themselves ready to exhibit their work in a professional gallery, unaware of the vast skill gap between their current ability and professional standards. This overestimation of one's own competence is best described by which cognitive bias?
A) Fundamental Attribution Error
B) Dunning-Kruger Effect
C) Anchoring Bias
D) Groupthink
Explanation
The Dunning-Kruger effect describes a cognitive bias in which people with low ability at a task overestimate their own ability, while highly skilled people tend to underestimate their own ability.