Irrational and overrated : is our unrealistic self- perception connected to educational achievements? / Dominik Piehlmaier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Piehlmaier, Dominik, author.

Series:

Compact.

Compact

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-confidence--Germany.

Self-esteem in adolescence--Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (53 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hamburg, Germany : Anchor Academic Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the relationship between education and excessive confidence in situations of uncertainty. For this purpose, a questionnaire with 10 pseudo general knowledge questions was designed whereby their degree of difficulty exceeds the knowledge of an average student by far. It was investigated whether subjects (N = 535) would acknowledge this condition and its associated nescience. If that is the case, they will answer the 10 questions within an extremely wide confidence interval in order to meet the predefined 90% accuracy requirement. The focus of investigation was in Southern Ger

Contents:

Irrational and Overrated; I ACKNOWLEDGMENT; TABLE OF CONTENTS; II LIST OF GRAPHS; III ABBREVIATIONS; IV ABSTRACT; 1 OVERCONFIDENCE: THE HARMFUL OPTIMISM; 1.1 Background and Motivation; 1.2 Definition: Overconfidence; 1.2.1 Unrealistic Optimism; 1.2.2 Better-Than-Average Effect; 1.2.3 Illusion of Control; 1.2.4 Illusion of Knowledge; 1.2.5 Self-serving bias; 1.2.6 Summary; 1.3 Structure; 2 METHODOLOGY; 3 THE GERMAN EDUCATION SYSTEM; 3.1 Federal Differences; 3.2 Influences of the Bologna Process; 4 REVIEW OF LITERATURE; 4.1 Confounders of Overconfidence; 4.1.1 Gender; 4.1.2 Age

4.1.3 Mental Health4.1.4 Euphoria; 4.1.5 Education; 4.2 Criticism; 5 EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; 5.1 Hypothesis; 5.2 Process of Primary Data Collection; 5.3 Findings; 5.4 Interpretation; 6 CONCLUSION; V BIBLIOGRAPHY; VI APPENDIX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 19, 2014).

ISBN:

3-95489-575-7

OCLC:

871779625