Briefly describe metacognition.
What will be an ideal response?
Students' answers may vary.
One expert in children's thinking, Deanna Kuhn (1999), argues that to help students become better thinkers, schools should pay more attention to helping students develop skills that entail knowing about their own (and others') knowing. In other words, schools should do more to develop metacognition, which is cognition about cognition, or knowing about knowing. A number of early developmental studies classified as "metacognitive" focused on metamemory, or knowledge about memory. This includes general knowledge about memory, such as knowing that recognition tests are easier than recall tests. It also encompasses knowledge about one's own memory, such as a student's ability to monitor whether she has studied enough for a test that is coming up next week.
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a. nothing b. a little c. a fair amount d. a lot
Hansel (a male) and Gretel (a female) are best friends. If their cross-gender friendship is typical of most, Hansel's biggest misperception concerning Gretel would likely be a. overperceiving Gretel's level of sexual interest in him
b. overperceiving Gretel's need for emotional intimacy in the friendship. c. underperceiving Gretel's intelligence. d. underperceiving Gretel's jealousy.
At least one study has shown that aggressive boys grow into men who are more likely to
A. abuse a spouse. B. commit a serious offense. C. drive while intoxicated. D. all of the above
When examining the strength of the relationship between study time and test score, the null hypothesis would suggest that the true population correlation is
A. greater than 0.00. B. less than 0.00. C. 1.00. D. equal to 0.00.