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Having Ss rate their confidence in the correctness of their responses in the RTT recall paired-associates paradigm produced proportions of correct and incorrect responses in substantial agreement with all-or-none predictions. The confidence rating results, however, are inconsistent with all-or-none theory, suggesting instead a continuum of S-R associative strength.
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Support for this research was provided by N.R.C. Grants Nos. APA 160 and APT 126. The facilities of the Queen’s University Computer Center were used for data analysis.
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Suboski, M.D., Pappas, B.A. & Murray, D.J. Confidence ratings in recall paired-associates: The RTT paradigm. Psychon Sci 5, 315–316 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328416
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