title: The realism in older people's confidence judgments of answers to general knowledge questions.
abstract: The study investigated 2 aspects of the accuracy (i.e., realism) of confidence judgments of persons age 60-93 years (N = 1,384) regarding their answers to general knowledge questions. These aspects are the level of confidence (calibration) in relation to the proportion of correct answers and the ability to discriminate between correct and incorrect answers by means of confidence judgments. No age differences were found for either of the 2 aspects. Gender differences were found for proportion of correct answers and confidence but not for the realism in the confidence judgments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioral Science, Kristianstad University, Lund, Sweden. Mats.Dahl@hkr.se
authors.forename: Mats
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dahl
authors.forename: Carl Martin
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Allwood
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hagberg
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D011936:Reality Testing