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Knowing that you don't know: metamemory and discourse processing

C M Klin1, A E Guzmán, W H Levine

  • 1Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Binghamton 13902-6000, USA. cklin@binghamton.edu

Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition
|January 24, 1998
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People can quickly identify what they don't know, especially when information is implicitly missing. This metacognition relies on familiarity with the question, linking memory and understanding.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Metacognition
  • Discourse Processing

Background:

  • Metamemory judgments are crucial for understanding one's own knowledge.
  • Previous research explored metacognition in simple tasks.
  • Extending metacognition research to narrative comprehension is needed.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how individuals recognize their lack of knowledge within narratives.
  • To compare responses to implicit versus explicit "don't know" questions.
  • To explore the relationship between metacognitive judgments and familiarity.

Main Methods:

  • Six experiments were conducted using speeded question-answering and recognition tasks.
  • Participants responded to implicit and explicit "don't know" questions about narratives.

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  • Response times were measured to assess judgment speed.

    • Main Results:

    • Participants responded faster to implicit "don't know" questions than explicit ones.
    • The speed of responding to implicit "don't know" questions correlated with question familiarity.
    • Findings suggest metacognitive judgments leverage familiarity-based processing.

    Conclusions:

    • Metacognition in discourse processing is influenced by familiarity.
    • Fast "don't know" judgments may rely on preliminary familiarity assessments.
    • This study integrates metacognition and discourse processing theories.