title: Does retrieval fluency contribute to the underconfidence-with-practice effect?
abstract: Judgments of learning (JOLs) made during multiple study-test trials underestimate increases in recall performance across those trials, an effect that has been dubbed the underconfidence-with-practice (UWP) effect. In 3 experiments, the authors examined the contribution of retrieval fluency to the UWP effect for immediate and delayed JOLs. The UWP effect was demonstrated with reliable underconfidence on Trial 2 occurring for both kinds of JOL. However, in contrast to a retrieval-fluency hypothesis, fine-grained analyses indicated that the reliance of JOLs on retrieval fluency contributed minimally to the UWP effect. Our discussion focuses on the status of the retrieval-fluency hypothesis for the UWP effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242-0001, USA.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Serra
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dunlosky
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D007858:Learning; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D011584:Psychology / Q000379:methods