Promoting Vegetarianism through Moralization and Knowledge Calibration

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 889-912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anshu Saxena Arora ◽  
Shalonda Bradford ◽  
Amit Arora ◽  
Rafaella Gavino
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Calibration

scholarly journals Does Mother Know Best? Maternal Knowledge Calibration Predicts Children’s Oral Language Development

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley M. Pinkham ◽  
Tanya Kaefer ◽  
Susan B. Neuman
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Oral Language ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
Child Outcomes ◽  
Vocabulary Knowledge ◽  
Maternal Knowledge ◽  
Language Outcomes ◽  
Transmission Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Calibration

For young children, maternal testimony is an important source of knowledge. Research suggests that children privilege assertions expressed with certainty; however, adults frequently overestimate their knowledge, which may lead them to express certainty about incorrect information. This study addressed three questions. (1) To what extent do mothers convey domain knowledge when talking to their kindergartners? (2) Do mothers successfully calibrate their knowledge during these conversations? (3) Does mothers’ knowledge calibration predict their children’s language outcomes? Forty-nine mother-child dyads read a picture book about a familiar domain. Mothers’ assertions of domain knowledge were coded for accuracy and expressed certainty. Results revealed that mothers tended to overestimate their knowledge. Knowledge calibration accuracy positively predicted child outcomes. Successful calibration was associated with stronger vocabulary knowledge and listening comprehension, whereas poor knowledge calibration was associated with weaker child outcomes. Knowledge calibration may be a crucial factor in the successful transmission of knowledge during mother-child conversations and impact children’s language development.

Knowledge Calibration

2011 ◽  
pp. 311-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald E. Goldsmith ◽  
Kishore Gopalakrishna Pillai
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Important Concept ◽  
Management Knowledge ◽  
Use Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Calibration

The purpose of this article is to describe the concept of knowledge calibration within the context of knowledge management. Knowledge calibration is a concept borrowed from the psychology of decision making. It refers to the correspondence between knowledge accuracy and the confidence with which knowledge is held. Calibration is a potentially important concept for knowledge management because it describes one of the subtle errors that can lead to poor decisions. Where the correspondence between the accuracy of one’s knowledge and the confidence in that knowledge is high, decisions are described as well calibrated; but poor correspondence implies miscalibrated decisions. Since one concern of the field of knowledge management is the best use of knowledge for decision-making purposes, this topic is relevant.

Knowledge Calibration: What Consumers Know and What They Think They Know

2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph W. Alba ◽  
J. Wesley Hutchinson
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Calibration

Comparing the measures of consumer knowledge calibration

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 979-998
Author(s):  
Kishore Gopalakrishna Pillai ◽  
Charles F. Hofacker
Keyword(s):  
Brier Score ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Consumer Knowledge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Item Level ◽  
Knowledge Intensive ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Knowledge Calibration ◽  
Proper Interpretation ◽  
Score Component

Purpose Studies on consumer knowledge calibration have used different measures of calibration. The purpose of this paper is to undertake a comparative assessment of important measures. In addition, it seeks to identify the best performing measure. Design/methodology/approach The paper reports on three studies. The first study uses eight survey data sets. The second and third studies use experiments. Findings The study found that the Brier score component measure is most responsive to feedback and is the most suitable measure of knowledge calibration. The results also indicate that researchers should use measures that use item-level confidence judgements, as against an overall confidence judgement. Research limitations/implications By documenting the relationship between the different measures of knowledge calibration, the study enables proper interpretation and accumulation of results of various studies that have used different measures. The study also provides guidance to researchers in psychology and education where this issue has been noted. Practical implications The study provides guidance to managers in knowledge intensive industries, such as finance and insurance, interested in understanding their consumers’ knowledge calibration. Originality/value This is the first study in consumer research that examines this issue.

Knowledge Calibration and Knowledge Management

2011 ◽  
pp. 127-135
Author(s):  
Kishore Gopalakrishna Pillai ◽  
Ronald E. Goldsmith
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Calibration

Avoidance of Miserly Information Processing: Indirect Effects

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith E. Stanovich ◽  
Richard F. West ◽  
Maggie E. Toplak
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Processing ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Temporal Discounting ◽  
Rational Thinking ◽  
Thinking Dispositions ◽  
Argument Evaluation ◽  
Thought Patterns ◽  
History Of ◽  
Knowledge Calibration

Chapter 7 discussed four subtests that are direct measures of the avoidance of miserly processing on the CART. Chapter 8 discusses how the CART also contains six other subtests that assess the ability to avoid suboptimal thought patterns that arise indirectly from miserly thinking tendencies. Three of those subtests assess an important component of axiomatic utility theory: the ability to avoid being affected by irrelevant context when decision-making. The three subtests that measure the ability to avoid this tendency are: the Framing subtest, the Anchoring subtest, and the Preference Anomalies subtest. Three other subtests are described in this chapter. The avoidance of myside bias is a fundamental component of performance in most discussions of rational thinking. We used our original version of an Argument Evaluation subtest to measure this component of rational thinking. The ability to avoid overconfidence is measured on the CART by the Knowledge Calibration subtest. Finally, the Rational Temporal Discounting subtest assesses the ability to pass up an immediate reward for a delayed larger one. The history of each subtest is described, as well as a large study of each subtest in which correlations with cognitive ability and thinking dispositions are examined.

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