Monitoring competence

Monitoring competence or self-monitoring can be described as awareness of what you know. A high level of monitoring competence means you can make accurate assessments of your skill or knowledge, while a low level means the opposite.

Curiously, people who are grossly incompetent at tasks tend to grossly overestimate their competence, while very competent people tend to underestimate their confidence.

Links
http://home.att.net/~profmulder/Incompetence.htm