Comparative metacognition

Peter Carruthers · David M. Williams

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We argue that comparative psychologists have been too quick to jump to metacognitive interpretations of their data.We examine two such cases in some detail.One concerns so-called "uncertainty monitoring" behavior, which we show to be better explained in terms of first-order estimates of risk.The other concerns informational search, which we argue is better explained in terms of a first-order curiosity-like motivation that directs questions at the environment.

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