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How Much Do Metamemory Beliefs Contribute to the Font-Size Effect in Judgments of Learning?

Evidence shows that the font size of study items significantly influences judgments of learning (JOLs) and that people’s JOLs are generally higher for larger words than for smaller words. Previous studies have suggested that font size influences JOLs in a belief-based way. However, few studies have...

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Autores principales: Hu, Xiao, Li, Tongtong, Zheng, Jun, Su, Ningxin, Liu, Zhaomin, Luo, Liang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4640875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26556478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142351
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author Hu, Xiao
Li, Tongtong
Zheng, Jun
Su, Ningxin
Liu, Zhaomin
Luo, Liang
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description Evidence shows that the font size of study items significantly influences judgments of learning (JOLs) and that people’s JOLs are generally higher for larger words than for smaller words. Previous studies have suggested that font size influences JOLs in a belief-based way. However, few studies have directly examined how much people’s beliefs contribute to the font-size effect in JOLs. This study investigated the degree to which font size influenced JOLs in a belief-based way. In Experiment 1, one group of participants (learners) studied words with different font sizes and made JOLs, whereas another group of participants (observers) viewed the learners' study phase and made JOLs for the learners. In Experiment 2, participants made both JOLs and belief-based recall predictions for large and small words. Our results suggest that metamemory beliefs play an important role in the font-size effect in JOLs.
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spelling pubmed-46408752015-11-13 How Much Do Metamemory Beliefs Contribute to the Font-Size Effect in Judgments of Learning? Hu, Xiao Li, Tongtong Zheng, Jun Su, Ningxin Liu, Zhaomin Luo, Liang PLoS One Research Article Evidence shows that the font size of study items significantly influences judgments of learning (JOLs) and that people’s JOLs are generally higher for larger words than for smaller words. Previous studies have suggested that font size influences JOLs in a belief-based way. However, few studies have directly examined how much people’s beliefs contribute to the font-size effect in JOLs. This study investigated the degree to which font size influenced JOLs in a belief-based way. In Experiment 1, one group of participants (learners) studied words with different font sizes and made JOLs, whereas another group of participants (observers) viewed the learners' study phase and made JOLs for the learners. In Experiment 2, participants made both JOLs and belief-based recall predictions for large and small words. Our results suggest that metamemory beliefs play an important role in the font-size effect in JOLs. Public Library of Science 2015-11-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4640875/ /pubmed/26556478 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142351 Text en © 2015 Hu et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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How Much Do Metamemory Beliefs Contribute to the Font-Size Effect in Judgments of Learning?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4640875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26556478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142351
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