The diminishing criterion model for metacognitive regulation of time investment

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1349-1368

  Ackerman, Rakefet ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Effort regulation; Fluency; Metacognitive; Problems solving; Stopping rule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901359783     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035098     Document Type: Article

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