Investigating Metacognitive Biases: Connections Between Fluency Effects and Beliefs in Individualized Learning StylesShow full item record
Title | Investigating Metacognitive Biases: Connections Between Fluency Effects and Beliefs in Individualized Learning Styles |
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Author | Curran, Becca |
Date | 2021 |
Abstract | Previous work illustrates that people's judgments of the memorability of stimuli is affected by the perceptual features of those stimuli, even when there is no actual difference in memory (Rhodes & Castel, 2008). There is, however, a gap in the research about how such metacognitive illusions relate to other common misconceptions about how memory works. The present study examined the connection between so-called perceptual fluency effects and the common misconception that students learn best when content is presented in line with their individualized learning styles (e.g., auditory learners, visual learners, etc.). Participants were asked questions to gauge their perceptions of learning styles, then studied and made judgments about words that were presented in either large or small fonts (a manipulation that has been shown to affect judgments, but not actual memory performance). After a delay, participants took a free recall test, and were asked to make a global judgment about whether they remembered the large or small words better. We found that 43.47% of participants endorsed visual learning styles, 21.75% endorsed kinesthetic learning styles, 8.69% endorsed auditory learning styles, and the other 26.09% did not endorse a specific learning style. We also examine the relationship between learning styles and fluency effects. |
Link | https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/49066 |
Department | Psychology |
Advisor | Hargis, Mary |
Additional Date(s) | 2021-05-19 |
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