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Do different metamemory judgments tap the same underlying aspects of memory?

R J Leonesio1, T O Nelson

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.

Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition
|May 1, 1990
PubMed
Summary

Metamemory judgments, including ease-of-learning, judgments of knowing, and feeling-of-knowing, were compared for predictive accuracy. Judgments of knowing and feeling-of-knowing showed equal predictive accuracy for recognition, despite weak correlation.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Memory Research

Background:

  • Metamemory, or the awareness of one's own memory, plays a crucial role in regulating learning and retrieval.
  • Different types of metamemory judgments exist, each potentially offering unique insights into memory monitoring.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the predictive accuracy and commonality of various metamemory judgments.
  • To investigate how different learning conditions (minimal vs. overlearning) affect metamemory judgments.
  • To determine the relationship between judgments of knowing and feeling-of-knowing in predicting memory performance.

Main Methods:

  • Undergraduates provided ease-of-learning judgments before learning items.
  • Following learning (minimal or overlearning), judgments of knowing were collected.

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  • After a 4-week delay, feeling-of-knowing judgments were made on non-recalled items, followed by a recognition test.

    • Main Results:

    • Ease-of-learning judgments demonstrated the lowest predictive accuracy.
    • Judgments of knowing and feeling-of-knowing exhibited comparable predictive accuracy for recognition.
    • These two judgment types were only weakly correlated, suggesting they measure distinct aspects of memory.

    Conclusions:

    • Ease-of-learning judgments are less effective in predicting future memory performance compared to other metamemory measures.
    • Judgments of knowing, even when made weeks before retrieval, are as predictive as immediate feeling-of-knowing judgments.
    • The weak correlation between judgments of knowing and feeling-of-knowing indicates they rely on different underlying memory processes.