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waynest · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Suppose that you are studying for a vocabulary test, and you want to accurately predict your score on that test. Your prediction accuracy would be highest if you

a. tested yourself immediately after learning the words.
b. tested yourself several minutes after learning the words.
c. estimate how many words you already knew before beginning to study.
d. figure outin advancewhether you typically have trouble on vocabulary tests.

Question 2

Chapter 6 discusses the accuracy of people's metamemory for pairs of words on an item-by-item basis. This research suggests that

a. people are not very accurate in guessing which pairs of words they are likely to recall at a later time.
b. people clearly underestimate their ability to recall pairs of words at a later time.
c. people clearly overestimate their ability to recall pairs of words at a later time.
d. people have fairly accurate metamemory when the stimuli are pairs of words.