Metacognition: Knowing About Knowing Book

"This volume provides the reader with an interesting and accessible summary of the latest work in a field (metacognition) that has only recently re-emerged as a major focus of research interest. Researchers seeking an overview and teachers wanting a source text to update their lectures will find this a useful read." -- Timothy J. Perfect, Contemporary Psychology Metacognition offers an up-to-date compendium of major scientific issues involved in metacognition. The twelve original contributions provide a concise statement of theoretical and empirical research on self-reflective processes or knowing about what we know. Self-reflective processes are often thought to be central to what we mean by consciousness and the personal self. Without such processes, one would presumably respond to stimuli in an automatized and environmentally bound manner -- that is, without the characteristic patterns of behavior and introspection that are manifested as plans, strategies, reflections, self-control, self-monitoring, and intelligence. Contents: Why Investigate Metacognition? Thomas O. Nelson, Louis Narens. Frustrated Feelings of Imminent Recall: On the Tip of the Tongue Steven M. Smith A New Look at Feeling of Knowing: Its Metacognitive Role in Regulating Question Answering Ann C. Miner, Lynne M. Reder Subthreshold Priming and Memory Monitoring Louis Narens, Kimberly A. Jameson, V. A. Lee Methodological Problems and Pitfalls in the Study of Human Metacognition Bennett L. Schwartz, Janet Metcalfe Memory's Knowledge of its Own Knowledge: The Accessibility Account of the Feeling of Knowing Asher Koriat A Computational Modeling Approach to Novelty Monitoring, Metacognition, and Frontal Lobe Dysfunction Janet Metcalfe Viewing Eyewitness Research from a Metacognitive Perspective Kenneth Weingardt, R. Jacob Leonesio, Elizabeth F. Loftus Memory and Metamemory Considerations in the Training of Human Beings Robert A. Bjork The Role of Metacognition in Problem Solving Janet E. Davidson, Rebecca Deuser, Robert J. Sternberg Metacognitive Development in Adulthood and Old Age Christopher Hertzog, Roger A. Dixon The Neuropsychology of Metacognition Arthur P. Shimamura A Bradford BookRead More