Impression formation of tests: retrospective judgments of performance are higher when easier questions come first.

Four experiments are reported on the importance of retrospective judgments of performance (postdictions) on tests. Participants answered general knowledge questions and estimated how many questions they answered correctly. They gave higher postdictions when easy questions preceded difficult question...

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Published in:	Memory & Cognition Vol. 42; no. 8; pp. 1325 - 1333
Main Authors:	Jackson, Abigail, Greene, Robert
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Nov2014
Subjects:	Ohio Analysis of variance Cognition College students Judgment (Psychology) Test design Test-taking skills Time Repeated measures design Descriptive statistics
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