Survey respondents will give answers that be viewed favourably by others.
We think that our traits, attitudes, behaviours, moods are relatively variable(it can change as needed) - but other peoples traits are more predictable and static.
Our thinking and perception is distorted in ways to enhance our self esteem.
We adjust behaviour according to perceived risk - we are more risk taking when we feel protected, and more careful when we sense greater risk.
We overestimate our performance, think our performance is better than that of others, and think we have more accurate beliefs.
We think our beliefs, behaviours, personal qualities are the norm.
We think that vague and generic personality descriptions that can apply to a lot of people are very accurate and made specifically for them.
Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with low ability at a task overestimate their ability.
We overestimate our own qualities and abilities when compared to other people.
If we put in a lot of effort into something, its value will go up in our mind.
Hard tasks makes you overconfident - and predict higher success probability while easier tasks makes you under confident - and predict lower success.
We exaggerate the probability of good things happening to us.
We attribute the reason of our own(or of our friends) failures to the environment, but the failures of others(or our enemies) to their character.
We tend to believe theories about the cause of a mishap in a way that minimizes our own blame or threat in that mishap.
We overestimate how much control we have over situations.
We think that mass media affects other people more than it affects us.
We overestimate our own perspective.