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Record 1 2020-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
DEF

[The] over-reliance on one's own ability, intuition, and judgment.

CONT

Both the overconfidence effect and ability to self-assess are related to the Dunning-Kruger effect.

Key term(s)
  • over-confidence effect
  • over-confidence bias

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
CONT

Les travaux en psychologie mettent en lumière la divergence existante entre les processus de prise de décision observés chez les individus et les processus rationnels prédits par [des] modèles théoriques de référence. Les chercheurs estiment que ce décalage peut être dû, au moins pour partie, à des biais cognitifs comme les biais de jugement, dont le plus commun est le biais de surconfiance.

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

loosely applied term intended to describe photography in poor lighting conditions without supplementary lens.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
CONT

(...) on peut réaliser des photos à l'intérieur sans objectif, nécessairement faire appel à d’autre source de lumière que la lumière disponible, existante

Spanish

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