Abstract
The wisdom of the crowd refers to the finding that judgments aggregated over individuals are typically more accurate than the average individual’s judgment. Here, we examine the potential for improving crowd judgments by allowing individuals to choose which of a set of queries to respond to. If individuals’ metacognitive assessments of what they know is accurate, allowing individuals to opt in to questions of interest or expertise has the potential to create a more informed knowledge base over which to aggregate. This prediction was confirmed: crowds composed of volunteered judgments were more accurate than crowds composed of forced judgments. Overall, allowing individuals to use private metacognitive knowledge holds much promise in enhancing judgments, including those of the crowd.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 90-99 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Computational Brain and Behavior |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2018 |
Keywords
- Metacognition
- Self-direction
- Wisdom of the crowd
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology