APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Cultural Differences in Overconfidence
- Don Moore
University of California, Berkeley - Amelia Dev
University of California, Berkeley - Ekaterina Goncharova
University of California, Berkeley
Abstract
We compare three forms of overconfidence between participants from traditionally collectivistic and individualistic cultures. Overestimation and overplacement do not show systematic cultural differences. However, we find that overprecision is greater in collectivistic cultures.
Judgment and Decision Making