Cognitive Reflection Test Metacognitive Self-Correction 2

Question 1

A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. What is the correct price of the ball once you check your first answer?

Accepted Answer

$0.05

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$0.10

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$0.15

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$1.00

Question 2

In metacognition, what is the primary function of 'monitoring'?

Accepted Answer

Judging how well one currently understands a task

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Memorizing facts quickly

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Choosing a study location

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Avoiding hard problems

Question 3

You quickly answer '100 minutes' to a machine-widget problem, then pause. What metacognitive step lets you catch that the answer is actually 5 minutes?

Accepted Answer

Overriding the intuitive response with deliberate reasoning

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Answering faster next time

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Trusting the first impulse

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Ignoring the problem

Question 4

Which feeling is the strongest cue that you should slow down and re-examine your answer?

Accepted Answer

A nagging sense that the answer came too easily

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Complete boredom

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Confidence with no reflection

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Physical hunger

Question 5

What does 'calibration' refer to in metacognitive accuracy?

Accepted Answer

The match between confidence and actual performance

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The speed of answering

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The number of questions attempted

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The difficulty of the test

Question 6

A student rereads a paragraph and realizes they understood nothing. This realization is an example of what?

Accepted Answer

A metacognitive experience triggering re-reading

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Long-term memory retrieval

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Perceptual illusion

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Motor learning

Question 7

Why do people who take the CRT slowly tend to score higher?

Accepted Answer

Extra time lets them detect and correct intuitive errors

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Slower readers are always smarter

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The test rewards guessing

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Time has no effect on reasoning