PSYC 325 Lecture Notes - Leading Edge, Metamemory, Karijotas
16 Apr 2013
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Our knowledge and awareness of our own cognitive processes. Our knowledge and awareness of our own memory processes. ( i know the names of every president of the us, but just a few uk prime ministers . Monitoring: our ability to reflect and become aware of what we know and what we do not (thermostat analogy, accuracy. When you think you know something, you do know it, and vice versa: control. Our ability to regulate our learning or retrieval based on our own monitoring (studying for 2 classes, realize one is hopeless, focus on other) Example, who wants to be a millionaire, how do you decide between lifelines, by the extent to which you are sure you know the answer. The subjective reports that people give to indicate whether they think they have learned or can retrieve any target memory. Ease-of-learning judgements: estimates of how likely an item will be remembered in advance of actual studying.
