Table 1.

Coding dimensions, definitions, and participant sample responses.

Dimension	Definition	Example Participant Response
DIMENSIONS SPECIFIC TO “REMEMBERING” AND “KNOWING”
Recollection	Response includes reference to Recollection of specific details or uses word recollect	Being able to reflect on a time in your past and feel the specific emotions or senses associated with that moment
Familiarity	Response notes “feels familiar” or response indicates a lack of detail combined with a sense of prior experience/mention of “awareness”	Having a memory that is accompanied by feelings of familiarity, but lacks specific details
Episodic	Response indicates retrieval of specific event from the past	Recalling facts, images, scenarios and being able to picture these things in your mind
Accuracy	Response includes reference to perceived accuracy of retrieved information (includes statements such as “true”, “factual”, “evidence-based”)	Being able to accurately recall information.
Confidence	Response includes reference to confidence or certainty of answer	To be certain of a fact, thought, or idea.
Fluency	Response includes statements that reflect the ease of retrieval, the speed/automaticity with which information comes to mind	To have information in your head intuitively. It is there, you do not need to do anything to recall and use it
Mastery	Response indicates depth of understanding or mastery of material	Knowing means that you have internalized and understand the material. When talking about a subject that you know it means you can expand upon the subject and go into detail about it.
Experience	Response includes a reference to the fact that the information was acquired through learning or prior experience	Knowing is the result of successful learning.
DIMENSIONS SPECIFIC TO “BEING INTELLIGENT”
Multi-Faceted	Response refers to multiple types/forms/facets/aspects of the construct, from many sources	Having a knowledge of events, books, life events. Having wisdom. Being emotionally intelligent.
Application	Response refers to using or applying information or knowledge	Knowing many things without reference and using them in ways that are beneficial to you
Problem-Solving	Response indicates importance of construct for solving problems	Being capable of using the knowledge you have in a critical and interpretive manner
Acquisition	Response indicates its importance for learning/acquiring new information	Being intelligent means being able to pick up concepts and ideas quickly and having the ability to apply them.
Mindset	Response refers to fixed or growth mindset/innate/genetic	Having the genetic ability to learn fast.
Creativity	Response refers to thinking outside the box, using information in new/unusual ways	Applying one’s knowledge in untraditional ways
Comparison	Response includes some form of comparative judgment relative to others	Knowing more information than those around you.
OTHER CONSTRUCTS MENTIONED
Memory/ remembering	Response given refers to memory or remembering	To have an extraordinary problem-solving ability that draws from a large store of knowledge via a quick and accurate memory
Knowledge/ knowing	Response given refers to knowledge or knowing	Being able to learn and retain knowledge with minimal effort.
Intelligence	Response refers to intelligence or being smart	Knowing is a bit like a combination of both intelligence and memory; it’s both being able remember something and having the ability to use/explain that information.