The underconfidence-with-practice effect in action memory: The contribution of retrieval practice to metacognitive monitoringShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Metacognition and Learning, ISSN 1556-1623, Vol. 17, no 2, p. 375-398Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
When making memory predictions (judgments of learning; JOLs), people typically underestimate the recall gain across multiple studyâtest cycles, termed the underconfidencewith-practice (UWP) effect. This is usually studied with verbal materials, but little is known about how people repeatedly learn and monitor their own actions and to what extent retrieval practice via interim tests influence the progression of JOLs across cycles. Using action phrases (i.e., squeeze the lemon) as learning material, we demonstrated the UWP effect after both verbal and enactive encoding, although we did not get first-cycle overconfidence. As predicted, participants exhibited underconfidence in Cycles 2 and 3, as an error of calibrations. However, peopleâs resolution of JOLs (i.e., ability to discriminate recalled from unrecalled items) increased across studyâtest cycles. Importantly, JOLs for studyâtest (relative to studyâstudy) items increased faster across cycles suggesting that repeated studyâtest practice not only produces underconfidence across cycles, but also reduces underconfidence relative to studyâstudy practice. We discuss these findings in terms of current explanations of the underconfidence-with-practice effect.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer Nature , 2022. Vol. 17, no 2, p. 375-398
National Category
Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology)
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-308595DOI: 10.1007/s11409-021-09288-2ISI: 000744762500001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85123259035OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-308595DiVA, id: diva2:1636924
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QC 20250513
2022-02-112022-02-112025-05-13Bibliographically approved