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Description: Traditionally known as the confidence-accuracy (CA) relationship, the assumption is that as one's confidence increases so does thier level of accuracy. The research literature has addressed the CA relationship along three main lines: examining rates of confidence and accuracy in memory for general knowledge (factual information), determining if the CA relationship can be divided into subsections in which performance levels are consistent, and developing measures to raise the value of the CA relationship. The literature outlining the role of the CA relationship in criminal suspect identification is indeed extensive, but there is little mention of a new field of interest in which the CA relationship is applied to eyewitness memory for product brand names.
Suggested Citation:
Krug, K. (2007). The relationship between confidence and accuracy: Current thoughts of the literature and a new area of research [Electronic Version]. Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice,
3(1), 7-41.
Keywords: ca relationship, confidence, meta-memory, eyewitness memory
Date: May 16, 2007 | File Size: 122.87 Kb | Downloads: 2590