[Overconfidence, ][1]Overconfidence, may fit the context you describe:
- the overconfidence effect is a well-established bias in which a person's subjective confidence in his or her judgments is reliably greater than the objective accuracy of those judgments, especially when confidence is relatively high.
the overconfidence effect is a well-established bias in which a person's subjective confidence in his or her judgments is reliably greater than the objective accuracy of those judgments, especially when confidence is relatively high.
- For example, in some quizzes, people rate their answers as "99% certain" but are wrong 40% of the time.
For example, in some quizzes, people rate their answers as "99% certain" but are wrong 40% of the time.
Or excessive [self-confidence][2]self-confidence:
- The socio-psychological concept of self-confidence relates to self-assurance in one's personal judgment, ability, power, etc.
(from Wikipedia) [1]: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overconfidence_effect [2]: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-confidence