Stronger positive emotions are associated with less underconfident postdictions, and anxiety and shame with more underconfident postdictions¶
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q3 i1 With increasing positive emotions, postdictions became less underconfident; with increasing negative emotions (anxiety and shame), postdictions became more underconfident (small correlations). → Prinz-Weiß 2023
Evidence¶
Prinz-Weiß 2023¶
Prinz-Weiß, A., Lukosiute, L., Meyer, M., & Riedel, J. (2023). The role of achievement emotions for text comprehension and metacomprehension. Metacognition and Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-022-09331-w
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Correlational analyses (N = 358) of postdiction accuracy: all positive emotions correlated positively with postdiction accuracy; of the negative emotions, only anxiety (r = -.11) and shame (r = -.13) showed statistically significant negative correlations; hopelessness (r = -.09) and negative emotions overall (r = -.10) were negative but only marginal (p < .10). Correlations were small in size.
"This indicates that in accordance with the postdiction-accuracy hypothesis, with increasing positive emotions, participants' postdictions became less underconfident (trajectory from underconfidence to greater accuracy)."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Achievement Emotions — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Three emotion profiles (positive, neutral, negative) differ in prediction and postdiction magnitude and accuracy, with the positive group most overconfident in predictions and least underconfident in postdictions — related
- Students also use achievement emotions as cues when making postdictions about their comprehension — related
- Students use positive and negative achievement emotions as cues when making predictions about their comprehension — related
- Stronger positive emotions are associated with more overconfident predictions, and stronger negative emotions (anxiety, shame, hopelessness) with more underconfident predictions — related
- Greater anger, hopelessness, and negative emotions overall during reading are associated with poorer text comprehension, while positive emotions show no relation — related
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Stronger positive emotions are associated with less underconfident postdictions, and anxiety and shame with more underconfident postdictions |
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Stronger positive emotions are associated with less underconfident postdictions, and anxiety and shame with more underconfident postdictions |
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2023 |
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2026-10-20 |
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