Open AccessA Nonspecific Approach to Metacognitive Experiences: The Experimental Study of Control Sense and Confidence in Giving a Correct Answer
Author(s) -
Maria A. Rasskazova,
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Almara Kudrat kyzy Kulieva,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
izvestiâ irkutskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. seriâ psihologiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2304-1226
DOI - 10.26516/2304-1226.2021.38.48
Subject(s) - metacognition , control (management) , psychology , task (project management) , sense (electronics) , character (mathematics) , cognitive psychology , self confidence , sense of control , diversity (politics) , social psychology , cognition , computer science , artificial intelligence , mathematics , geometry , neuroscience , sociology , anthropology , engineering , management , electrical engineering , economics
There are specific and nonspecific approaches to explaining diversity of metacognitive experiences in psychological testing. The study is concerned with verification of the effects of a nonspecific approach, according to which there is a nonspecific signal about the success of task performance behind metacognitive experiences. Unidirectional changes in experiencing confidence and control sense were expected to be revealed. The findings showed that correct answers were given with more confidence than wrong ones, confident correct answers were given faster than unconfident correct ones, straightforward cases were handled with a high level of confidence and more sense of control if long time was given to think them over. The study failed in demonstrating unidirectional character of control sense and confidence in other conditions, which can be explained by insufficient sensitivity of the technique chosen to measure control sense.