In one study,participants were asked to recall a previous time in their lives when they felt confident.These participants were subsequently more persuaded by a persuasive message arguing for a new campus policy than participants who were asked to recall a previous time during which they felt doubt.How might metacognition help to explain this finding?

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Metacognition refers to the process of thinking about one's own thinking. Participants who were asked to recall a time when they felt confident may have engaged in more metacognition because they were reflecting on their own prior experiences and how those experiences made them feel. This increased metacognition may have made them more open to persuasion and more likely to be influenced by the persuasive message arguing for the new campus policy. Participants who were asked to recall a time when they felt doubt may have engaged in less metacognition because they were focused on negative experiences and feelings, which may have made them more resistant to the persuasive message.

In One Study,participants Were Asked to Recall a Previous Time