Your textbook discussed a metamemory study that asked students to estimate their total score on a test that they had just taken. The comparison between the students' actual score and their estimated score showed that
a. the students consistently overestimated how well they had performed.
b. the students consistently underestimated how well they had performed.
c. the students with the lowest actual scores provided the most accurate estimated scores.
d. the students with the highest actual scores provided the most accurate estimated scores.
Ans: d
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