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calibration

calibration In this psychology context, calibration refers to how closely a person’s confidence in a judgment matches whether that judgment is actually correct.

In this psychology context, calibration refers to how closely a person’s confidence in a judgment matches whether that judgment is actually correct. It describes the alignment between confidence and decision accuracy.

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Drafting source: Chen Chen; Ren Ning; Guo Zikai. Authority cues and metacognitive miscalibration in linguistic judgment: evidence from an English–Chinese revision paradigm. 2026; DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1877483; article XML SHA-256 3e429bb2958c76322abcb3729e34c2481bbe5e89dc4777be71e77f67e4f778f0. “Authority cues and metacognitive miscalibration in linguistic judgment: evidence from an English–Chinese revision paradigm” (10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1877483).
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