The concept of self-confidence self-assurance in one's personal judgment, ability, power, etc. Social psychologists have found self-confidence to be correlated with other psychological variables within individuals, including saving money,[18] how individuals exercise influence over others,[19] and being a responsible student.[20] Marketing researchers have found that general self-confidence of a person is negatively correlated with their level of anxiety.[21]
Some studies suggest various factors within and beyond an individual's control that affect their self-confidence. Hippel and Trivers propose that people will deceive themselves about their own positive qualities and negative qualities of others so that they can display greater self-confidence than they might otherwise feel, thereby enabling them to advance socially and materially.[22] Others have found that new information about an individual’s performance interacts with an individual’s prior self-confidence about their ability to perform. If that particular information is negative feedback, this may interact with a negative affective state (low self-confidence) causing the individual to become demoralized, which in turn induces a self-defeating attitude that increases the likelihood of failure in the future more than if they did not lack self-confidence.[23][24] On the other hand, some also find that self-confidence increases a person's general well-being[25][26] and one's motivation[27] and therefore often performance.[28] It also increases one's ability to deal with stress and mental health.[29][30]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-confidence
Knowledge and Its Limits
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_and_Its_Limits
http://www.asparkstarts.com/the-limitations-of-knowledge/