Graphical Representation of the Relationship Between Perceived Ability vs. Actual Test Score

Emory University

In a different experiment, participants were asked to rate their own sense of humor by providing captions for cartoons. These captions were then rated by independent judges. The results showed that participants who provided the least funny captions had the most inflated self-assessments of their humor abilities. 

Humor Assessment Experiment (Study 1)

Kruger, J., & Dunning, D. (1999). Unskilled and unaware of it: how difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments. Journal of personality and social psychology, 77 6, 1121-34 .

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