What Does Research Suggest About People's Ability to Evaluate Themselves

question 26

Multiple Choice

What does research suggest about people's ability to evaluate themselves across a variety of domains and skills?

• A)When people are evaluating themselves on physical abilities,they are generally more accurate than if they are evaluating themselves on abilities related to intelligence.
• B)There are no discernible differences between those who give themselves high evaluations and those who give themselves low evaluations on a variety of abilities and skills.
• C)If you give people sufficient incentive to make accurate evaluations,you can eliminate the better than average effect.
• D)Those who give themselves the highest evaluations on a given ability or set of skills are often the worst performers.

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Definitions:

Expiratory Reserve Volume

The maximum volume of air that can be forcibly exhaled after the completion of a normal, quiet exhalation.

Total Lung Capacity

The maximum amount of air the lungs can hold, including inspiratory and expiratory reserve volumes and the tidal volume.

Capillaries

The smallest blood vessels in the body, which facilitate the exchange of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and many other nutrient and waste substances between blood and surrounding tissues.

Alveoli

Clusters of air sacs in which the exchange of gases between air and blood takes place; located in the lungs.