Perceived difficulty and task interest in Task 1 indirectly inform expectancy beliefs for Task 2¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Both perceived difficulty (negatively) and interest (positively) in Task 1 served as indirect cues for expectancy before Task 2. → Kamila Urban 2025

Evidence¶

Kamila Urban 2025¶

Kamila Urban, Marek Urban. (2025). Metacognition and motivation in creativity: examining the roles of self-efficacy and values as cues for metacognitive judgments. Metacognition and Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-025-09421-5

q2 · i? · associational · r2

The two-wave SEM of 360 university students supported the hypothesis that "H3c was supported for both perceived difficulty" and interest, meaning these metacognitive experiences informed not only judgments but also subsequent expectancy beliefs.

"The results suggested that H3c was supported for both perceived difficulty (β = − 0.06, p =.005) and interest (β = 0.09, p <.001)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Interest — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
• Motivation — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Perceived value of creativity informs judgments and expectancies primarily indirectly through task-specific variables, especially task interest — related
• Creative performance weakly predicts metacognitive judgments, with perceived difficulty and task interest serving as additional cues — related
• Task interest remains stable across consecutive creativity tasks: interest in one task is strongly and directly associated with interest in the next, with little mediation by task experience — related
• Perceived effort ratings are metacognitive judgments based on heuristic cue processing and prone to bias — related
• Task interest was strongly interconnected across the course, with each task's interest predicting interest in the next tasks. — related