The gap

Discuss one health related scenario you have observed where the overconfidence effect was present. What was the gap (what they thought they knew vs. what they actually knew)? Why are we reluctant to acknowledge the gap and challenge it?

Required Reading:
Achieve greatness (2017). Difference between confidence and overconfidence [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B210iw1kJXg&t=60s (4:31)
Lodge, J. (2016). Hypercorrection: Overcoming overconfidence with metacognition. Improve with Metacognition. Retrieved from http://www.improvewithmetacognition.com/hypercorrection-overcoming-overconfidence-metacognition/
Ruddock, H. K., Christiansen, P., Jones, A., Robinson, E., Field, M., & Hardman, C. A. (2016). Believing in food addiction: Helpful or counterproductive for eating behavior? Obesity, 24(6), 1238-1243. Retrieved from ProQuest Central database in the Touro Library.
The Citizen. (2017). Erasing Misconceptions about Breast Cancer. Retrieved from Proquest Central database in the Touro Library.
Pierre, J. (2018). 3 Healthy Lies We Tell Ourselves. Psychology Today. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psych-unseen/201811/3-healthy-lies-we-tell-ourselves

Dobelli, R. (2013). The Overconfidence Effect. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-art-thinking-clearly/201306/the-overconfidence-effect
Ruddock, H. K., Christiansen, P., Jones, A., Robinson, E., Field, M., & Hardman, C. A. (2016). Believing in food addiction: Helpful or counterproductive for eating behavior? Obesity, 24(6), 1238-1243. Retrieved from Proquest Central database in the Touro Library.
Professor Ross. (2014). Brain Games – Overconfidence Effect [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZmedqB4P1s (3:17)
The Health Site (2015). Why overconfidence can wreak havoc on your weight loss goals. Retrieved from http://www.thehealthsite.com/news/why-overconfidence-can-wreak-havoc-on-your-weight-loss-goals/

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