Bullshit receptivity, problem solving, and metacognition: simply the BS, not better than all the rest

IF 4.6 Q2 MATERIALS SCIENCE, BIOMATERIALS
Tim George, Marta K. Mielicki
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Abstract

Abstract People are often inaccurate in their predictions of performance on a variety of cognitive tasks. We tested whether receptivity to bullshit – the tendency to perceive meaningless statements as profound – would relate to the accuracy of metacognitive judgments on several problem-solving tasks. Individuals who were highly receptive to bullshit were less accurate in their predictions of performance on creative problem-solving tasks, but not on verbal analogy or recall tasks. Further, individuals with high BS receptivity were less able to discriminate between solvable and unsolvable problems when making metacognitive judgments. These findings support the possibility that the tendency to perceive semantic connections where none exist, as indicated by high bullshit receptivity, may lead to inaccurate predictions of performance on tasks that require noticing and utilizing distant semantic connections.
接受胡扯,解决问题,和元认知:只是胡扯,并不比其他的都好
人们对各种认知任务的预测往往是不准确的。我们测试了对胡扯的接受度——将无意义的陈述理解为深刻的倾向——是否与在几个问题解决任务中元认知判断的准确性有关。高度接受胡扯的人在创造性解决问题的任务中对表现的预测不太准确,但在口头类比或回忆任务中则不然。此外,高BS接受度的个体在进行元认知判断时,区分可解决和不可解决问题的能力较差。这些发现支持了一种可能性,即在不存在语义连接的情况下感知语义连接的倾向,正如高废话接受度所表明的那样,可能导致对需要注意和利用远距离语义连接的任务的表现预测不准确。
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ACS Applied Bio Materials
ACS Applied Bio Materials Chemistry-Chemistry (all)
CiteScore
9.40
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