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The Realism in Older People's Confidence Judgments of Answers to General Knowledge Questions

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Summary, in English

The study investigated 2 aspects of the accuracy (i.e., realism) of confidence judgments of persons age 60-93 years (N = 1,384) regarding their answers to general knowledge questions. These aspects are the level of confidence (calibration) in relation to the proportion of correct answers and the ability to discriminate between correct and incorrect answers by means of confidence judgments. No age differences were found for either of the 2 aspects. Gender differences were found for proportion of correct answers and confidence but not for the realism in the confidence judgments.

Publishing year

2009

Language

English

Pages

234-238

Publication/Series

Psychology and Aging

Volume

24

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

American Psychological Association (APA)

Topic

  • Psychology

Keywords

  • general knowledge question
  • realism
  • confidence judgments
  • aging
  • memory

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0882-7974