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process > cognitive process > metamemory process > metamemory judgment > confidence judgment

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confidence judgment  

Definition

  • A metamemory judgment that indicates the degree of certainty with which a person believes his or her memories are accurate. Confidence is usually measured using a rating scale.

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  • confidence
  • confidence rating

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Brewer, N., Lucas, C., Sauer, J., & Palmer, M. (2021). Measuring the relationship between eyewitness identification confidence and accuracy. In A. M. Smith, M. P. Toglia, & J. M. Lampinen (Eds.), Methods, measures, and theories in eyewitness identification tasks (pp. 234–256). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003138105-14

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Fleming, S. M. (2024). Metacognition and confidence: A review and synthesis. Annual Review of Psychology, 75, 241-268. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-022423-032425

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Greenspan, R. L., & Loftus, E. F. (2024). Interpreting eyewitness confidence: Numeric, verbal, and graded verbal scales. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 38(1), e4151. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4151

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Wixted, J. T., & Wells, G. L. (2017). The relationship between eyewitness confidence and identification accuracy: A new synthesis. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 18(1), 10–65. https://doi.org/10.1177/1529100616686966

    [Study type: literature review / Access: free]

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  • Frank Arnould

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