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COGNITIVE-STYLE STRUCTURE OF CONFIDENCE PHENOMENON

PII
S0205-95920000617-5-1
DOI
10.7868/S20000617-5-1
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
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Abstract
The results of empirical study of psychological structure of confidence are presented. Hypotheses about correlations between: (a) cognitive and personal components of confidence; (b) confidence and subject's cognitive-style organization, as well as possibility of confidence certain styles discrimination were verified. Computer method for visual signals' duration discrimination, general awareness test, self-confidence questionnaries were used. It was stated that: (1) self-confidence is correlated with confidence in knowledge as well as with reflectivity, field dependency, mobility, broad range of equivalence; (2) confidence in sensory experience is correlated with impulsivity, mobility (learning capability), narrow range of equivalence; (3) confidence in knowledge - with broad range of equivalence. Three factors describing different styles of person's confidence - "intellectual", "empirical", "controlling" were defined.
Keywords
Confi dence style, types of confi dent persons, self-confi dence, confi dence in correctness of cognitive tasks fulfi llment, adequacy of confi dence, person’s cognitive-style space.
Date of publication
03.07.2010
Year of publication
2010
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2
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579

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