Do people have insight into their abilities? A metasynthesis
Zell and Krizan combine 22 meta-analyses that compared self-evaluations of ability with objective measures of performance, across academic ability, intelligence, language competence, medical skills, sports ability and vocational skills, with performance measured by standardised tests, grades and supervisor evaluations. The individual meta-analytic correlations ran from .09 to .63 with a mean of .29, which the authors describe as moderate insight into one's own abilities. The relation was stronger for domain-specific self-evaluations and for performance tasks that were objective, familiar or low in complexity.
Zell and Krizan combine 22 meta-analyses that compared self-evaluations of ability with objective measures of performance, across academic ability, intelligence, language competence, medical skills, sports ability and vocational skills, with performance measured by standardised tests, grades and supervisor evaluations. The individual meta-analytic correlations ran from .09 to .63 with a mean of .29, which the authors describe as moderate insight into one's own abilities. The relation was stronger for domain-specific self-evaluations and for performance tasks that were objective, familiar or low in complexity.
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Zell, E., & Krizan, Z. (2014). Do people have insight into their abilities? A metasynthesis. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9(2), 111-125. doi:10.1177/1745691613518075 https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691613518075