Am I Entitled Quiz

How the Scales are Structured
Who Usually Takes This Test?
See How You Compare
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Example Questions From the Test
- Rarely; I first consider several explanations, including ordinary disagreement.
- Sometimes, especially when I expected my history or effort to matter more.
- Often; an unfavorable decision usually feels like insufficient respect.
- Almost always; if I am properly valued, decisions should generally favor me.
- A fair mix, while considering my actual skills and workload.
- Mostly the work I prefer, but I will take an unwanted task when needed.
- The visible work, because my strengths deserve the better opportunity.
- The most rewarding work while expecting others to handle the tedious parts.
- I feel disappointed, but accept that another person can reasonably be chosen.
- I wonder whether my preference and past effort were fully considered.
- I think my reliability should usually put me ahead of most colleagues.
- I feel I was owed the assignment more than the person who received it.
Am I Entitled Quiz - Description and methodology of the test
People who wonder whether their expectations sometimes become demands can use the Am I Entitled Quiz as a structured way to examine everyday reactions. As an entitlement quiz, it focuses on situations involving refusal, credit, shared effort, rules, favors, and criticism, helping readers identify patterns they may want to reflect on in relationships, work, or group decisions.
What This Assessment Explores
The scenarios examine reactions when wishes meet refusal, criticism, shared rules, consequences, or another person’s needs. They also touch recognition, favors, workload, deadlines, and shared costs, keeping the result focused on everyday expectations and behavior.
The result presents three displayed dimensions for this entitlement assessment:
- Limits and Accountability (0-15) reflects difficulty accepting refusal, criticism, consequences, or responsibility: Reflective response (0-5), Defensive under pressure (6-10), or Persistent resistance (11-15).
- Reciprocity and Contribution (0-15) reflects a greater tendency to expect support or benefits without giving comparable weight to your own contribution: Mutual balance (0-5), Uneven exchange (6-10), or One-sided expectations (11-15).
- Special-Treatment Expectations (0-15) reflects expectations of priority, exceptions, or extra recognition: Flexible expectations (0-5), Conditional priority (6-10), or Strong special-treatment pattern (11-15).
Higher bands indicate more difficulty or stronger expectations in the specific area, not a fixed judgment about the person.
Methodology and Scientific Basis
Each item describes a social or work situation and offers four ordered responses, moving from flexible, accountable reactions toward more resistant, one-sided, or special-treatment reactions. The self-report format asks you to choose what is closest to your usual response, not the answer that sounds most admirable.
Scoring is profile-based: results are reported separately for the three dimensions and matched to their displayed descriptive bands. As a psychological entitlement test, the questionnaire is conceptually consistent with the Psychological Entitlement Scale (Campbell et al., 2004), but it is not presented as an adaptation of that published measure.
Zemojtel-Piotrowska et al. (2017) provide cross-national context for measuring entitlement, while Harvey and Martinko (2009) examine links between entitlement, attributions, and outcomes. These studies provide construct context, not norms or clinical thresholds for this online questionnaire, which functions as a structured self-reflection tool whose displayed bands are descriptive summaries. Current stress, defensiveness, memory, and self-awareness can affect answers, and recent conflict may make a response feel more representative than it is.
- Campbell, W. Keith, Angelica M. Bonacci, Jeremy Shelton, Julie J. Exline, and Brad J. Bushman (2004). Psychological entitlement: Interpersonal consequences and validation of a self-report measure. Journal of Personality Assessment, 83(1), 29-45. 10.1207/s15327752jpa8301_04
- Zemojtel-Piotrowska, Magdalena A., Jaroslaw P. Piotrowski, Jan Cieciuch, Rachel M. Calogero, Alain Van Hiel, et al. (2017). Measurement of psychological entitlement in 28 countries. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 33(3), 207-217. 10.1027/1015-5759/a000286
- Harvey, Paul, and Michael J. Martinko (2009). An empirical examination of the role of attributions in psychological entitlement and its outcomes. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 30(4), 459-476. 10.1002/job.549
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