| Description |
1 online resource (x, 353 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Contributors; On the nature, evolution, development, and epistemology of metacogniton: introductory thoughts; Section I: Metacognition in non-human animals; 1 Evidence for animal metaminds; 2 Validating animal models of metacognition; 3 Are birds metacognitive?; 4 Seeking information in non-human animals: weaving a metacognitive web; 5 The emergence of metacognition: affect and uncertainty in animals; 6 MiniMeta: in search of minimal criteria for metacognition; Section II: Metacognition in human development; 7 Metacognition in infants and young children |
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8 Early forms of metacognition in human children9 Pretend play in early childhood: the road between mentalism and behaviourism; 10 The development of earlier and later forms of metacognitive abilities: reflections on agency and ignorance; 11 Thinking about different types of uncertainty; 12 Credulity and the development of selective trust in early childhood; Section III: Functions of metacognition; 13 The subjective confidence in one's knowledge and judgements: some metatheoretical considerations; 14 Metacognition and mindreading: one or two functions? |
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15 Metacognition and indicative conditionals: a précis16 Is hypnotic responding the strategic relinquishment of metacognition?; 17 What metarepresentation is for; 18 Anoetic, noetic, and autonoetic metacognition; 19 Seeds of self-knowledge: noetic feelings and metacognition; 20 Metacognitive perspectives on unawareness and uncertainty; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
| Summary |
Metacognition refers to the awareness an individual has of their own mental processes. In the past 30 years metacognition research has become a growing field of interdisciplinary research within the cognitive sciences. This book brings together cognitive scientists to consider some of the questions regarding this phenomenon |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Metacognition.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology.
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SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science.
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Metacognition
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Beran, Michael J
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| ISBN |
9780191634536 |
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0191634530 |
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9780191745867 |
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0191745863 |
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