Question

Anthony, the plant manager, was talking with another manager about Tim, the lead engineer in the corporate R & D department. Anthony remarked, "Tim is so bright, and he is an expert in designing products. But like so many experts, he can't imagine what it's like to be as ignorant as the rest of us. I think at times, he cannot see things from an outsider's perspective." Tim is suffering from:________.

a. the curse of knowledge
b. the tunnel vision effect
c. an analytics perspective
d. a narrow perspective
e. the intellectual fog effect

Answer 1

a. the curse of knowledge

Step-by-step explanation:

Curse of knowledge: In psychology, the term "curse of knowledge" is described as one of the different cognitive biases that generally occurs when a particular person is ought to communicate with that of other individuals without knowing or comprehending that these people have the "background" to understand of not.

The curse of knowledge is also referred to as the "curse of expertise" by many of the researchers.

In the question above, Tim is suffering from the curse of knowledge.