Your textbook discussed a metamemory study that asked students to estimate their total score on a test that they had just taken. The comparison between the students' actual score and their estimated score showed that
a. the students consistently overestimated how well they had performed.
b. the students consistently underestimated how well they had performed.
c. the students with the lowest actual scores provided the most accurate estimated scores.
d. the students with the highest actual scores provided the most accurate estimated scores.
Question 2
According to Alan Baddeley's approach to working memory, the central executive plays a role when students are studying for an exam
a. because it is important in source-monitoring tasks.
b. because it helps individuals who have ADHD, so that they can actually suppress competing answers.
c. because it helps people plan how they will divide their time during studying.
d. because it strengthens and expands the limits of the phonological loop.
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