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Dunning-Kruger Effect Test: Self Perspectives Assessment

Quick, free confidence vs competence quiz. Instant results.

Editorial: Review CompletedCreated By: Silvia Godoy-PerezUpdated Aug 26, 2025
Difficulty: Moderate
Questions: 20
Learning OutcomesStudy Material
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This Dunning-Kruger effect quiz helps you notice gaps between your confidence and your actual skills in everyday tasks, so you can make clearer decisions and set better goals. For deeper insight, try the self esteem quiz, the implicit bias quiz, or the cognitive dissonance test.

Which term best describes your organized set of beliefs about who you are, distinct from how you feel about your worth?
Self-esteem
Self-concept
Self-enhancement
Self-efficacy
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Who introduced the concept of self-efficacy in social cognitive theory?
Abraham Maslow
Erik Erikson
Albert Bandura
Carl Rogers
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Which statement reflects a growth mindset about abilities?
Practice matters only for beginners
Skills can be developed with effort and strategy
Talent is fixed and defines success
Effort signals low ability
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What does an internal locus of control emphasize about outcomes?
They are mostly due to luck
They are predetermined by fate
They depend largely on one's actions and choices
They are shaped only by others' decisions
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The spotlight effect refers to the tendency to
Believe others think more positively of us than they do
Focus exclusively on others' mistakes
Overestimate how much others notice our actions and appearance
Underestimate how much others notice our successes
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Mindfulness is best defined as
Emptying the mind of all thoughts
Thinking only about the future
Analyzing every feeling in detail
Paying attention on purpose, in the present, nonjudgmentally
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Metacognition refers to
Remembering facts rapidly
Intelligence quotient measurement
Emotional regulation only
Thinking about your own thinking processes
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According to self-discrepancy theory, which three selves are compared to explain emotional discomfort?
Past, present, future
Public, private, collective
Actual, ideal, ought
Conscious, preconscious, unconscious
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Which example best illustrates a fixed mindset response to challenge?
Avoiding difficult tasks to protect the sense of being talented
Embracing effort as the path to mastery
Viewing setbacks as data for growth
Seeking feedback to improve after mistakes
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What is the self-serving bias?
Favoring information that confirms prior beliefs
Attributing successes to oneself and failures to external factors
Overestimating your abilities at low skill levels
Assuming others notice you more than they do
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Which bias leads people to overemphasize dispositional causes for others' behavior?
Anchoring bias
Framing effect
Fundamental attribution error
Availability heuristic
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A hallmark of impostor syndrome is
Complete immunity to criticism
Belief that effort always signals low ability
Persistent doubt about competence despite evidence of success
Overconfidence after failures
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The Dunning-Kruger effect describes how
People judge others more harshly than themselves
Feedback never improves calibration
Low-skill individuals overestimate their competence
High-skill individuals always underestimate their competence
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What does the actor-observer asymmetry predict about attributions?
We attribute both self and others equally to traits
We always blame external factors for everyone
We attribute our own actions more to situations than others' actions
We attribute our own actions more to traits than others' actions
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Upward social comparison most often
Inspires or discourages depending on perceived attainability
Always decreases motivation
Always increases self-esteem
Has no emotional effect
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Which statement best distinguishes reflection from rumination?
Reflection focuses on blame; rumination focuses on solutions
Rumination is faster and therefore better
Reflection is constructive and solution-oriented; rumination is repetitive and stuck
Both are equally helpful for problem solving
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Self-affirmation interventions reduce defensiveness primarily by
Denying contradictory evidence
Affirming personally important values
Avoiding difficult topics
Increasing self-criticism
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In Marcia's identity statuses, foreclosure is characterized by
Commitment without exploration
Exploration without commitment
High exploration and high commitment
Low exploration and low commitment
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Eudaimonic well-being emphasizes
Absence of any negative emotion
Material wealth as primary
Short-term pleasure only
Meaning, virtue, and self-realization
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Which strategy best reduces the planning fallacy for personal projects?
Doubling effort without changing plan
Relying on best-case assumptions
Using a reference class of similar past projects to estimate
Ignoring historical data to stay motivated
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Learning Outcomes

  1. Identify dominant self-perspective patterns influencing your behavior.
  2. Analyse the impact of personal beliefs on decision-making.
  3. Evaluate discrepancies between self-perception and external feedback.
  4. Apply strategies to foster a balanced self-view.
  5. Demonstrate awareness of cognitive biases affecting self-assessment.
  6. Master self-reflection techniques for continuous personal growth.

Cheat Sheet

  1. Understand self-perception - Your self-view acts like a funhouse mirror, shaping how you behave, what risks you take, and even how you interpret feedback. By recognizing this internal lens, you can start tweaking it for personal growth and more confidence.
  2. Explore personal beliefs - Your core convictions guide everyday choices, from the food on your plate to the projects you pursue. Knowing how these beliefs influence decision-making empowers you to adjust or reinforce them in line with your goals.
  3. Spot the overconfidence effect - Ever felt you could ace a test without studying? That's the overconfidence effect playing tricks on you, causing you to overestimate your abilities. Being aware of this bias helps you pause, prepare, and perform better.
  4. Examine the introspection illusion - We trust our own inner monologue way more than others' explanations, yet everyone's thoughts are a bit of a mystery. Realizing this illusion helps you become more open-minded and fair when judging yourself and others.
  5. Recognize the bias blind spot - It's easy to spot biases in your buddies, but tougher to see them in yourself. Acknowledging this blind spot boosts self-awareness, making you more balanced and less judgmental.
  6. Watch for egocentric bias - Ever notice how your own perspective feels like the "real" version of events? That's egocentric bias tilting your view center-stage. Noticing it helps you collaborate better and understand diverse viewpoints.
  7. Align perception with feedback - Getting external feedback and comparing it to your self-image can be eye-opening - sometimes you're way tougher on yourself, other times way too lenient. Learning to balance these views leads to a clearer, more accurate self-assessment.
  8. Practice self-reflection techniques - Journaling, guided meditation, or even a quick "brain dump" at the end of the day can reveal patterns in your thoughts and actions. Regular reflection is like a mental workout, boosting insight and accelerating growth.
  9. Understand cognitive biases - From confirmation bias to the Dunning-Kruger effect, hundreds of mental shortcuts can steer your self-evaluation off course. Spotting these sneaky influences allows for more objective, balanced self-assessment.
  10. Develop a balanced self-view - Blending honest self-critique with healthy self-praise creates a realistic yet positive self-portrait. This balance supercharges personal and professional success, keeping you motivated while grounded.
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