Kruger and Dunning (1999)found That Those Students Who Scored the Lowest

question 2

Multiple Choice

Kruger and Dunning (1999) found that those students who scored the lowest on tests of grammar and logic were _____ to overestimating their grammar and logic skills.

• A)least prone
• B)most prone
• C)sometimes prone
• D)never prone

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Definitions:

Lewis Terman

An American psychologist best known for his work in intelligence testing and for initiating the longitudinal study of gifted children.

Longitudinal Study

A research method in which data is collected from the same subjects repeatedly over a period of time, often many years.

Optimistic Explanatory Style

Refers to a manner of explaining life events in a positive light, attributing good outcomes to personal abilities and bad outcomes to external factors.

Pessimistic Explanatory Style

The inclination to ascribe adverse occurrences to constant, inherent, and widespread factors.