Reasoning - meta cognition

Question 1

What is metacognition?

Answer 1

Thinking about thinking. Reflecting on the contents of your mind

Question 2

What are metacognitive judgements?

Answer 2

Confidence, awareness

Question 3

What is confirmation bias?

Answer 3

A preference for seeking information that you can only confirm your existing beliefs, rather than contrafict it.

Question 4

How are most errors two errors?

Answer 4

Making the wrong choice (1) and thinking you have made the right choice (2)

Question 5

What is misattribution?

Answer 5

Making errors in identifying the cause of something

Question 6

What is the mere exposure effect MEE?

Answer 6

The idea that having already encountered something encourages future preference. Typically found after brief, repeated exposures with low levels of attention and involvement

Question 7

What is one explanation of recognition and MEE?

Answer 7

Fluency - exposure means that stimuli is processed with ease (fluency) and this ease can be interpreted as being pleasing

Question 8

What is mental contamination?

Answer 8

The process whereby a person has an unwanted response because of mental processing that is unconscious or uncontrollable

Question 9

What are the proposed mechanisms of the Dunning-Kruger club?

Answer 9

Skill = performance and metacognitive skill
Performance and metacognition of the performance (ability to judge how good you are) both based on the skill
High skill = perform well and understand the skill so can judge your ability
Low skill = low performance but lack knowledge to make accurate metacognitive judgements
Incompetent individuals lack the metacognitive skills necessary for accurate self assessment

Question 10

What is confirmation bias?

Answer 10

Seeking information which confirms our beliefs