What is it about?
While our prior knowledge is typically helpful, it can also interfere with learning new information - some of which might contradict our prior knowledge. We examine how our subjective confidence can be affected when we categorize new items that are associated with prior knowledge. We also compare measures of implicit and explicit knowledge to consider the 'pros and cons' of using these measures.
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Why is it important?
We might acquire knowledge during our childhood or throughout our lives that might seem trustworthy, however, we might turn out to be mistaken. Understand how prior knowledge helps and hurts the acquisition of new knowledge is important for navigating our world.
Perspectives
Many psychology studies focus on learning information 'from scratch'. Much of the research that used the 'knowledge effect' paradigm was quite old. This study was an attempt to replicate and extend that research while comparing measures of prior knowledge that have not been compared. It fits into my (JRS) larger interesting of understanding people's subjective awareness of their knowledge.
Jordan Schoenherr
Concordia University
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This page is a summary of: Performance monitoring during categorization with and without prior knowledge: A comparison of confidence calibration indices with the certainty criterion., Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale, December 2020, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/cep0000199.
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