'''Daning—Krugerov efekt''' je [[Когниција|kognitivni]] poremećaj. Njegove posledice su da osobe s manjkom veština i znanja u nekoj oblasti pate od [[Илузија|iluzorne]] superiornosti, greškom verujući da su njihove veštine mnogo veće nego što zapravo jesu.<ref name="morris">{{cite web|last=Morris |first=Errol |title=The Anosognosic’s Dilemma: Something’s Wrong but You’ll Never Know What It Is (Part 1) |work=Opinionator: Exclusive Online Commentary From The Times |publisher=New York Times |date=20. 6. 2010. |url=http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/the-anosognosics-dilemma-1/ |accessdate=7. 3. 2011.}}</ref><ref name="selfinsight">Dunning, David, “Self-Insight: Roadblocks and Detours on the Path to Knowing Thyself (Essays in Social Psychology),” Psychology Press: 2005, str. 14–15. {{page|year=|id=ISBN 1-84169-074-0|pages=}}</ref> Ovaj poremećaj pripisan je metakognitivnoj nesposobnosti da individua ne može da prepozna svoje greške.<ref name="Kruger">{{cite journal|title=Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments |last1last=Kruger |first1first=Justin |last2=Dunning |first2=David |journal=Journal of Personality and Social Psychology |volume=77 |issue=6 |pages=1121–341121-34 |year=1999 |pmid=10626367 |doi=10.1037/0022-3514.77.6.1121 |id = }}</ref>