Preschoolers can make highly accurate judgments of learning

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1505-1516

  Lipowski, Stacy L ^a,b   Merriman, William E ^a   Dunlosky, John ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed JOL effect; Judgment accuracy; Metamemory; Preschoolers

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84881488379     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030614     Document Type: Article

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