Framing Effects in Judgments of Learning: The Role of Processing Fluency

Abstract

Abstract: In the current study, three experiments explored the framing effects in judgments of learning (JOLs) and the effect of the processing fluency on it. In the experiments, participants made forget-framed JOLs or remember-framed JOLs for each paired-words. Experiments 1 and 2 focused on the effect of the different levels of processing fluency on the framing effect in JOLs. Experiment 3 investigated the influence of retrieval fluency on the framing effect in JOLs. Results of the three experiments showed: Firstly, the framing effects appeared when participants studied the paired-words with high-level processing fluency. Secondly, retrieval fluency does not influence on the framing effects in JOLs. The study supports the pessimistic-anchoring hypothesis, and the findings suggest that encoding fluency plays an important role in the framing effects in JOLs.

Key words: judgment of learning, framing effects, processing fluency

摘要： 研究旨在考察学习判断中的框架效应以及加工流畅性的影响。采用逐项即时学习判断任务，通过操纵指导语来设置正向框架和负性框架。其中，实验1和实验2分别考察低、高相关词对学习任务中学习判断的框架效应。实验3深入探究了提取流畅性对学习判断框架效应的影响。研究结果显示：第一，在高加工流畅性词对的学习判断上出现了框架效应；第二，提取流畅性不影响学习判断的框架效应。研究支持了消极心理锚点假说，并推测编码流畅性是产生框架效应的主要因素。

关键词: 学习判断, 框架效应, 加工流畅性

CLC Number:

B842

JIA Ning, WEI Lin, DAI Jinghua. Framing Effects in Judgments of Learning: The Role of Processing Fluency[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2019, 17(6): 729-735.

贾宁, 魏琳, 代景华. 学习判断的框架效应：加工流畅性的影响[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2019, 17(6): 729-735.

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