Abstract
Previous research has found there are individual differences in executive functioning. Executive functioning includes metacognition, self-awareness, and metacomprehension. Previous studies have focused on personality traits and levels of executive functioning. This study seeks to determine if there is any relation between specific personality traits and metacognitive awareness. Participants in this study completed a Metacognitive Awareness Inventory, the Big 5 Personality Inventory, and a reading comprehension task. The results indicated that there is a positive correlation between certain personality traits and aspects of metacognition. The results also suggested that there is a relationship between agreeableness and absolute accuracy on the reading comprehension task.
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Coleman, C., Gahm, S. & Goethe, H., (2014) “Metacognition and Personality”, Capstone, The UNC Asheville Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship 27(2).
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