Hampton - Metacognition in humans

Question 1

Private mechanisms

Answer 1

Private mechanisms involve cognitive control based on privileged access to one’s own cognitive states.

Question 2

Public mechanisms

Answer 2

Public mechanisms involve adaptive cognitive control based on publicly available information like problem difficulty or reinforcement history

Question 3

Environmental cue associations

Answer 3

Difficulty indicated by stimulus magnitude, image similarity, or delay interval

Question 4

Behavioral cue associations

Answer 4

Response time differences between correct and incorrect responses

Question 5

Response competition

Answer 5

Inclination to make primary test response vs. declining test or gathering more information

Question 6

Introspection

Answer 6

Conscious feelings of uncertainty leading to decline or other metacognitive responses