The roles of competition, target accessibility, and cue familiarity in metamemory for word pairs

Two experiments examined metamemory ratings following differing amounts of retroactive interference for paired associates. Participants made both feel ing of knowing (FOK) ratings and judgments of learning (JOLs) for first-lis t responses after learning different types of second lists. Both types of r atings were higher when stimuli were repeated and responses were associates across two Lists than when stimuli were repeated and responses were differ ent. Repetition of either the stimuli or the responses across lists produce d lower ratings than nonrepetition, especially for recalled responses. The results provided support for competition as an important factor in JOLs and FOKs following interference.