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Self-insight research as (double) model recovery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 January 2014

Tim Rakow
Tim Rakow*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom. timrakow@essex.ac.ukhttp://www.essex.ac.uk/psychology/department/people/rakow.html
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Abstract

Self-insight assessment compares outcomes from two model-recovery exercises: a statistical exercise to infer a judge's (implicit) policy and an elicitation exercise whereby the judge describes his or her (explicit) policy. When these policies are mismatched, limited self-insight is not necessarily implied: Shortcomings in either exercise could be implicated, whereby Newell & Shanks' (N&S's) relevance or sensitivity criteria for assessing awareness may not be met. Appropriate self-insight assessment requires that both exercises allow the original processes to be captured.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , February 2014 , pp. 37 - 38
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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