Metacognitive confidence moderates the effect of thought valence on academic performance: confidence amplifies positive thoughts' benefits and negative thoughts' harm¶

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q3 i? Among positive-thought participants, higher perceived validity predicted more correct answers (B = 0.411, p = .020); among negative-thought participants, higher validity predicted fewer correct answers (B = -0.374, p = .032). → Moreno 2022

Evidence¶

Moreno 2022¶

Moreno, L., Briñol, P., & Petty, R. E. (2022). Metacognitive Confidence Can Increase but Also Decrease Performance in Academic Settings. Metacognition and Learning, 17, 139–165. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-021-09270-y

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Simple-slopes analysis of the Study 1 regression showed opposite directions by valence: positive thoughts gained accuracy as validity rose (B = 0.411, p = .020) while negative thoughts lost accuracy (B = -0.374, p = .032). Only unstandardized coefficients are printed, so no effect size is reported.

"among participants who were randomly assigned to generate positive thoughts, as perceived thought validity increased, more questions were solved correctly, B = 0.411 (95% CI: 0.067, 0.754) , t (123) = 2.365, p = .020. In contrast, for participants in the negative thought condition the effect was the opposite."

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