Journal
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
Volume 40, Issue -, Pages 101-110Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2016.08.009
Keywords
Metacognition; Children; Confidence; Adults; SDT; Optimism
Funding
- CONICET
- FONCYT
- Human Frontiers
- UBACyT Joven proyect [20020110300047]
- James McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Science Initiative in Understanding Human Cognition Scholar Award
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Metacognition, or the capacity to reflect upon one's own knowledge, is a key trait in our cognitive repertoire which is developed during childhood. Here, a direct comparison of metacognitive ability in children (N=188; 6-9 years old) and adults, (N=47) using a single perceptual task, was made. Results showed that 6-9 years old children have a level of metacognitive access similar to that of adults. Further, a signal detection theory model was applied in order to distinguish metacognitive ability from the propensity towards risk taking, two factors that have so far been confounded in studies. Children presented a suboptimal tendency towards risky decisions and a natural predisposition to overconfidence that can be partially mitigated by imposing a conservative normative strategy. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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