Table 2.

Mean Pretask and Post-task Global Metacognitive Ratings on the MIQ Relative to a 20-Year-old Self (from −3 to +3, with 0 = same) in Three Cognitive Domains as a Function of Stereotype Condition

	Stereotype at encoding	Stereotype at retrieval	Control
Pretask
Episodic memory	-0.66 (0.10)	-0.82 (0.13)	-0.70 (0.15)
Working memory	-0.57 (0.16)	-0.82 (0.16)	-0.22 (0.17)
General knowledge	-0.30 (0.10)	-0.05 (0.13)	+0.40 (0.16)
Post-task
Episodic memory	-0.89 (0.13)	-0.83 (0.14)	-0.72 (0.13)
Working memory	-0.92 (0.13)	-0.74 (0.15)	-0.55 (0.15)
General knowledge	-0.57 (0.16)	-0.27 (0.13)	+0.02 (0.17)

Note: Parentheses report standard error of each mean. The encoding group received stereotype activation, then the episodic memory study phase, then the pretask MIQ, whereas the retrieval group received the episodic memory study phase, then stereotype activation, then the pretask MIQ. Both groups took the post-task MIQ at the end of the secondary tasks (see Figure 1). MIQ = Metacognitive insight questionnaire.