Important Terms
What is metamemory?
our knowledge and awareness of our own memory processes.
Who conducted the False Belief Test?
Wimmer and Perner
Theory of mind is not considered to be fully equipped until what age?
About 4
What is Theory of Mind?
It is the awareness that other individuals have separate states of awareness, different from that of our own.
In Shin, Bjorkland, and Beck (2007) kindergarteners were asked if they could remember what?
A number of pictures out of a total of 15.
In the False Belief test by Wimmer and Perner (1983) where were the M&M`s hidden?
In a crayon box.
What is a False Belief Test?
A child learns something that another person does not have the opportunity to learn. The child must decide whether the other person knows what he or she knows.
In Wimmer and Perner`s (1983) m&m experiment which age group did the best?
The 5 year old's.
What is metacognition?
Our understanding of our own mind.
What is overconfidence?
People’s overestimating the likelihood that they will remember a to-be-learned item or set of items.
What were the results of Schneider et al. (2000) JOL experiment?
All groups above-chance in predicting performance and Kindergartners were just as good as the older children in performing JOL.
What develops first Theory of Mind or metacognition?
They develop around the same time.
What is metacognitive control?
The ability to use metacognitive knowledge or experience to influence learning behaviors
According to Shin et al.`s (2007) experiment what does overconfidence provide children?
With a psychological buffer to deal with failure
What does JOL stand for and what does it mean?
stands for Judgments of Learning and it is the predictions that people make as to the likelihood that they will remember an item when asked to do so on a later test