Reder & Ritter (1992)

What determines initial feeling of knowing? Familiarity with question terms, not with the answer.

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 18(3), 435-451

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Reder, L. M., & Ritter, F. E. (1992). What determines initial feeling of knowing? Familiarity with question terms, not with the answer. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 18(3), 435-451. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.18.3.435

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Feeling of Knowing Metacognition

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A separate, rapid 'initial' FOK is made before any retrieval attempt, when people decide within moments whether an answer can be retrieved or must be worked out; it is driven by familiarity with the question's terms rather than with the answer