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

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 investi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Piehlmaier, Dominik (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hamburg, Germany : Anchor Academic Publishing, 2014.
Colección:Compact.
Temas:
Self-confidence.
Self-esteem in adolescence > Germany.
Self-reliance.
Confiance en soi.
Estime de soi chez l'adolescent > Allemagne.
PSYCHOLOGY > Applied Psychology.
SELF-HELP > Personal Growth > General.
SELF-HELP > Personal Growth > Happiness.
SELF-HELP > Personal Growth > Success.
Self-reliance
Self-confidence
Self-esteem in adolescence
Germany
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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

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