General knowledge norms: Updated and expanded from the Nelson and Narens (1980) norms

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1115-1143

  Tauber, Sarah K ^a   Dunlosky, John ^a   Rawson, Katherine A ^a   Rhodes, Matthew G ^b   Sitzman, Danielle M ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Commission errors; General knowledge questions; Metacognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; RECALL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMANTICS; STANDARD; YOUNG ADULT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889264779     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-012-0307-9     Document Type: Article

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