CONFIDENCE AND ACCURACY IN FACIAL MEMORY - FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR THE OPTIMALITY HYPOTHESIS

Authors
MCKELVIE SJ
Citation
Sj. Mckelvie, CONFIDENCE AND ACCURACY IN FACIAL MEMORY - FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR THE OPTIMALITY HYPOTHESIS, Perceptual and motor skills, 76(3), 1993, pp. 1257-1258
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Perceptual and motor skills → ACNP
ISSN journal
00315125
Volume
76
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Part
2
Pages
1257 - 1258
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(1993)76:3<1257:CAAIFM>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
In two experiments in which task difficulty was manipulated via invers ion or the presence of spectacles, 41 subjects provided recognition an d confidence judgments for faces seen earlier. Subjects were more conf ident when correct than when incorrect, and the difference was greater when the task was easier. These results confirm the optimality hypoth esis.