Perceived thought validity mediates the effect of the confidence induction on performance¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Study 3 included a measure of perceived thought validity as the proposed mediator of the validation-induction effect on performance. → 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

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Study 3 measured perceived thought validity with two items (r(302) = .378, p < .001) after the confidence/doubt recall induction and before scoring GRE performance, to test mediation. The article text available here states the mediator was measured; the mediation results section was truncated, so no mediation statistics are reported.

"Finally, this study also included a new measure of the proposed metacognitive mediator (perceived thought validity) to examine the role of this metacognitive assessment in performance."

Discussion¶

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