Why are children overconfident? Developmental differences in the implementation of accessibility cues when judging concept learning

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 158, Issue , 2017, Pages 77-94

  van Loon, Mariëtte ^a,b   de Bruin, Anique ^b   Leppink, Jimmie ^b   Roebers, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Control; Cue use; Development; Metacognition; Monitoring; Overconfidence

Indexed keywords

AGE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; LEARNING; METACOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; METACOGNITION; REALITY TESTING;

EID: 85013792674     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2017.01.008     Document Type: Article

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