# Prof. Justin Kruger's research on self-assessment is featured

1 Faculty News January 15, 2015 ![The Atlantic logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031336.jpg?itok=T4ciY3Gl)>

Excerpt from [The Atlantic](http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/01/chickenhawk-chronicles-no-12-careerism-and-competence/384561/) -- "In their paper, 'Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments,' professors [Justin Kruger](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/justin-kruger) and David Dunning write that, 'People tend to hold an overly favorable view of their abilities in many social and intellectual domains.'"

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