The Dunning–Kruger effect, which describes a sharp surge in self-confidence among beginners followed by an equally rapid decline as they gain experience, can be explained by the nature of the learning process and the acquisition of new knowledge. This conclusion was reached by Andrey Vorchik of the HSE Faculty of Economic Sciences together with independent researcher Murat Mamyshev. They developed a mathematical model of learning and demonstrated how subjective confidence is formed and changes as knowledge accumulates, as well as how teachers can reduce the ‘valley of despair’ experienced by learners.
Andrey Vorchik studies happiness, delivers popular science lectures, and believes that science should address social issues as well. In an interview for the Young Scientists of HSE University project, he spoke about how emotions influence decision-making, the Bermuda Triangle formed by the bathroom, refrigerator, and bed, and the ideal formula for education.
Physicist Nina Dzhanayeva, recipient of a Vladimir Potanin Foundation scholarship, focuses her research on nanophotonics. In this interview for the HSE Young Scientists project, she discusses nanowells, scientific intuition, and how physics can help in making frangipane cream puffs.
Darya Litvina, / Series Deliverable 7.1: Ethnographic Case Studies of Youth Activism "WP7: Interpreting Activism (Ethnographies)". 2014.
The established sociological canons for the description of youth cultures are not keeping pace with changing youth, which, with the development of media technologies and under the influence of glocal cultural flows, forms new solidarities that originate from a number of currently relevant discourses, cultural traditions and political ideas. Anarchists have become one of the ...
Вусик И. В., Российское предпринимательство 2011 № 6-2 С. 124–128
The article discusses the features of promoting construction materials in the market when the company is focused both on the consumer segment (B2C) and the professionals segment (B2B). Recommendations for marketers are given step by step, taking into account factors influencing the decision making process in the market of construction materials, and the behavioral features ...