In the field of psychology, the Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with low ability at a task overestimate their ability. It is related to the cognitive bias of illusory superiority and comes from the inability of people to recognize their lack of ability. Without the self-awareness of metacognition, people cannot objectively […]
Psychology & Behavioral Economics
Exploring Cognitive Bias
A few years ago I read Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking Fast and Slow, which got me hooked on learning about behavioral economics and psychology – something I wish I had studied in college. One of the most fascinating parts of the book was reading about the biases of human intuition. Kahneman suggests that when we become […]
10 Quotes From C.G. Jung
If you’re not familiar with Carl Gustav Jung, hopefully these 10 quotes will inspire you to get to know him. Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology. Among his many brilliant thoughts, he is responsible for proposing and developing the concepts of extroversion and introversion, archetypes, and the collective unconscious. He […]