Justin Kruger

Justin S. Kruger is an American social psychologist and professor at New York University Stern School of Business.[1][2]

This article is about the psychologist. For the ice hockey player, see Justin Krueger.
Justin Kruger
Born
California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationSanta Clara University (BS)
Durham University
Cornell University (PhD)
Occupation(s)Psychologist, professor
Known forDunning–Kruger effect
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
ThesisEgocentrism in self and social judgment (1999)
Doctoral advisorThomas Gilovich

Education

Kruger received his BS in Psychology from Santa Clara University in 1993 (spending his junior year at Durham University, England), and received his PhD in Social Psychology from Cornell University in 1999.[1][2]

Research

Kruger is known for co-authoring a 1999 study[3] with David Dunning.[4] This study showed that people who performed in the lowest at certain tasks, such as judging humor, grammar, and logic, significantly overestimated how good they were at these tasks. This study has since given rise to what is known as the Dunning–Kruger effect, a form of cognitive bias where persons with low ability in a particular task experience a sense of illusory superiority.[5] The study also found that people who performed slightly above average at identifying how funny a given joke was tended to be the most accurate at assessing how good they were at the assigned tasks, and that those who performed the best tended to think they performed only slightly above average.[6]

References
  1. Kruger, Justin (Spring 2011). "JUSTIN KRUGER Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  2. Cureton, Nadia N. "Justin Kruger: Associate Professor of Marketing". pages.stern.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  3. Kruger, J; Dunning, D (December 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. 77 (6): 1121–34. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.77.6.1121. PMID 10626367.
  4. Abrahams, Marc (December 2005). "Those Who Can't, Don't Know It". Harvard Business Review. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  5. Lee, Chris (25 May 2012). "Revisiting why incompetents think they're awesome". Ars Technica. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  6. Stafford, Tom (25 November 2013). "The more inept you are the smarter you think you are". BBC Future. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
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