Psychologyspeaking topic
The Dunning-Kruger effect: why are the people who know the least sometimes the most confident? And why can our confidence actually drop as we learn more about a subject?
— Dunning & Kruger, Dunning-Kruger effect
practice with this topic
Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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