The contribution of judgment scale to the unskilled-and-unaware phenomenon: How evaluating others can exaggerate over- (and under-) confidence

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 164-173

  Hartwig, Marissa K ^a   Dunlosky, John ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Judgment accuracy; Judgment scale; Unskilled and unaware

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; SELF-ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893547598     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-013-0351-4     Document Type: Article

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