<p>I can't provide you with a direct term that you are looking for. However, I think the <strong><em>level of confidence</em></strong> comes close.</p>

<p>My reasoning is as follows: <strong>Experience</strong>/knowledge increases <strong>task proficiency</strong> <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(1999)50:5%3C399::AID-ASI3%3E3.0.CO;2-L" rel="nofollow noreferrer">(Kuhlthau, 1999)</a>. Proficiency affects the level of <strong>confidence</strong>. Confidence, in turn, affects the perceived <strong>task complexity</strong> <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S074756320400038X" rel="nofollow noreferrer">(Chang, 2005)</a>.</p>

<p><sub><strong>References</strong><br>
<strong>-</strong> <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(1999)50:5%3C399::AID-ASI3%3E3.0.CO;2-L" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Kuhlthau, <em>JASIST</em> (1999); <strong>50</strong>(5): 399-412</a><br>
<strong>-</strong> <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S074756320400038X" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Chang, <em>Computers Human Behav</em> (2005); <strong>21</strong>(5): 713-28</a></sub></p>

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<p>I know about Dunning-Kruger... where to put it bluntly, one overestimates oneself.</p>

<p>I am looking for a definition/name, to further research and reference in discussions with my peers, for a bias, that defines the following behavior:</p>

<ul>
<li>The person A has knowledge X in a field Y.  </li>
<li>The person estimates a problem in the field Y as being of complexity Z.  </li>
<li>Though, another person - B, in the field Y, having knowledge greater than X, sees Z as a much lesser problem or not a problem at all. 

<ul>
<li>Implying that it's not worth solving, or that solution to a greater problem automatically solves the lesser one.</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p>Of course, given that person B estimation is unbiased, therefore <em>objective</em>.</p>

<p>For example, I'm a software engineer with fair amount of experience and I can freely speculate (make educated guesses) about problems/solutions in fields outside of my immediate proficiency.</p>

<p>If, given the knowledge I have, I would estimate a problem in this outside field as generally/<em>objectively</em> BIG where people actually inside the field would not. </p>

<p>How is the condition called? (Assuming it's already defined)</p>

<p>This somehow might be related to Confirmation bias, but I do not commit to action, I abstain from it, because I see it as much too complex for me to tackle.</p>

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Name for a condition where one with their limited knowledge thinks of a problem as bigger than it really is?
tomsseisums
# Name for a condition where one with their limited knowledge thinks of a problem as bigger than it really is?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-02-28)

I know about Dunning-Kruger... where to put it bluntly, one overestimates oneself.

I am looking for a definition/name, to further research and reference in discussions with my peers, for a bias, that defines the following behavior:

* The person A has knowledge X in a field Y.
* The person estimates a problem in the field Y as being of complexity Z.
* Though, another person - B, in the field Y, having knowledge greater than X, sees Z as a much lesser problem or not a problem at all.
  + Implying that it's not worth solving, or that solution to a greater problem automatically solves the lesser one.

Of course, given that person B estimation is unbiased, therefore *objective*.

For example, I'm a software engineer with fair amount of experience and I can freely speculate (make educated guesses) about problems/solutions in fields outside of my immediate proficiency.

If, given the knowledge I have, I would estimate a problem in this outside field as generally/*objectively* BIG where people actually inside the field would not.

How is the condition called? (Assuming it's already defined)

This somehow might be related to Confirmation bias, but I do not commit to action, I abstain from it, because I see it as much too complex for me to tackle.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-02-28. Score: 2

I can't provide you with a direct term that you are looking for. However, I think the ***level of confidence*** comes close.

My reasoning is as follows: **Experience**/knowledge increases **task proficiency** [(Kuhlthau, 1999)](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(1999)50:5%3C399::AID-ASI3%3E3.0.CO;2-L). Proficiency affects the level of **confidence**. Confidence, in turn, affects the perceived **task complexity** [(Chang, 2005)](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S074756320400038X).

**References**  
**-** [Kuhlthau, *JASIST* (1999); **50**(5): 399-412](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(1999)50:5%3C399::AID-ASI3%3E3.0.CO;2-L)  
**-** [Chang, *Computers Human Behav* (2005); **21**(5): 713-28](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S074756320400038X)


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