Adaptive and qualitative changes in encoding strategy with experience: Evidence from the test-expectancy paradigm

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 632-652

  Finley, Jason R ^a   Benjamin, Aaron S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Encoding strategy; Metacognition; Self regulated learning; Study time allocation; Test expectancy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECALL; RECOGNITION; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84865678416     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026215     Document Type: Article

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