Empirical analysis of the intrinsic-extrinsic distinction of judgments of learning (JOLs): Effects of relatedness and serial position on JOLs

A. Koriat's (1997) cue-utilization framework provided a significant advance in understanding how people make judgments of learning (JOLs). A major dis tinction is made between intrinsic and extrinsic cues. JOLs are predicted t o be sensitive to intrinsic cues (e.g., item relatedness) and less sensitiv e to extrinsic cues (e.g., serial position) because JOLs are comparative ac ross items in a list, The authors evaluated predictions by having people ma ke JOLs after studying either related (poker-flush) or unrelated (dog-spoon ) items. Although some outcomes confirmed these predictions, others could n ot be readily explained by the framework. Namely, relatedness influenced JO Ls even when manipulated between participants, primacy effects were evident on JOLs, and the order in which blocks of items were presented (either all related items first or all unrelated items first) influenced JOLs. The aut hors discuss the framework in relation to these and other outcomes.