Positive and Negative Correlations Between Confidence and Accuracy for the Same Events in Recognition of Categorized Lists

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 781-788

  DeSoto, K Andrew ^a   Roediger III, Henry L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accuracy; confidence; episodic memory; eyewitness memory; false memory; judgment; long term memory; metamemory; recognition memory

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; RECOGNITION; SELF CONCEPT;

HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84896826934     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613516149     Document Type: Article

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