Does social context impact metacognition? Evidence from stereotype threat in a visual search task

While recent studies have emphasized the role of metacognitive judgments in social interactions, whether social context might reciprocally impact individuals' metacognition remains an open question. It has been proposed that such might be the case in situations involving stereotype threat. Here...

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Published in:PloS one 2019-04, Vol.14 (4), p.e0215050-e0215050
Main Authors: Gajdos, Thibault, Régner, Isabelle, Huguet, Pascal, Hainguerlot, Marine, Vergnaud, Jean-Christophe, Sackur, Jérôme, de Gardelle, Vincent
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biology and Life Sciences
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive science
Computer and Information Sciences
Computer applications
Female
Human performance
Humans
Interpersonal relations
Judgment - physiology
Judgments
Male
Memory
Metacognition
Metacognition - physiology
Model accuracy
Physiology
Psychological aspects
Psychology
Research and Analysis Methods
Searching
Social aspects
Social Change
Social Environment
Social factors
Social interactions
Social psychology
Social Sciences
Stereotype threat
Stereotyping
Visual perception
Visual Perception - physiology
Visual tasks
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Summary:While recent studies have emphasized the role of metacognitive judgments in social interactions, whether social context might reciprocally impact individuals' metacognition remains an open question. It has been proposed that such might be the case in situations involving stereotype threat. Here, we provide the first empirical test of this hypothesis. Using a visual search task, we asked participants, on a trial-by-trial basis, to monitor the unfolding and accuracy of their search processes, and we developed a computational model to measure the accuracy of their metacognition. Results indicated that stereotype threat enhanced metacognitive monitoring of both outcomes and processes. Our study thus shows that social context can actually affect metacognition.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0215050