TY - JOUR
T1 - Does retrieval fluency contribute to the underconfidence-with-practice effect?
AU - Serra, Michael J.
AU - Dunlosky, John
PY - 2005/11
Y1 - 2005/11
N2 - Judgments of learning (JOLs) made during multiple study-test trials underestimate increases in recall performance across those trials, an effect that has been dubbed the underconfidence-with-practice (UWP) effect. In 3 experiments, the authors examined the contribution of retrieval fluency to the UWP effect for immediate and delayed JOLs. The UWP effect was demonstrated with reliable underconfidence on Trial 2 occurring for both kinds of JOL. However, in contrast to a retrieval-fluency hypothesis, fine-grained analyses indicated that the reliance of JOLs on retrieval fluency contributed minimally to the UWP effect. Our discussion focuses on the status of the retrieval-fluency hypothesis for the UWP effect.
AB - Judgments of learning (JOLs) made during multiple study-test trials underestimate increases in recall performance across those trials, an effect that has been dubbed the underconfidence-with-practice (UWP) effect. In 3 experiments, the authors examined the contribution of retrieval fluency to the UWP effect for immediate and delayed JOLs. The UWP effect was demonstrated with reliable underconfidence on Trial 2 occurring for both kinds of JOL. However, in contrast to a retrieval-fluency hypothesis, fine-grained analyses indicated that the reliance of JOLs on retrieval fluency contributed minimally to the UWP effect. Our discussion focuses on the status of the retrieval-fluency hypothesis for the UWP effect.
KW - Judgment bias
KW - Judgments of learning
KW - Metacognition
KW - Retrieval fluency
KW - Underconfidence with practice
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=30544444180&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/0278-7393.31.6.1258
DO - 10.1037/0278-7393.31.6.1258
M3 - Article
C2 - 16393045
AN - SCOPUS:30544444180
VL - 31
SP - 1258
EP - 1266
JO - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
JF - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
SN - 0278-7393
IS - 6
ER -