Chapter 6 Discusses the Accuracy of People's Metamemory for Pairs

question 43

Multiple Choice

Chapter 6 discusses the accuracy of people's metamemory for pairs of words on an item-by-item basis. This research suggests that

• A) people are not very accurate in guessing which pairs of words they are likely to recall at a later time.
• B) people clearly underestimate their ability to recall pairs of words at a later time.
• C) people are more accurate when predicting on an "item-by-item" basis as compared to an overall score basis.
• D) people have fairly accurate metamemory when the stimuli are pairs of words.

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