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Overestimating chances of success on hard tasks and underestimating on easy tasks.
Leads to poor effort allocation, inadequate preparation for easy tasks, and overconfidence in challenging situations.
This effect occurs because people anchor their confidence on task difficulty rather than their actual ability to complete the task.
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