Rita, who is in fifth grade, has just found out that her history exam is all fill-in-the-blank questions. She is discouraged bec
ause she knows that she does not usually do well on this type of exam. In recognizing this, Rita has engaged in a form of a. referenced thinking.
b. reconstructive analysis.
c. mental imaging.
d. metacognition.
Metacognition refers to the process of "thinking about thinking". In this process, the person thinks about the things about which he is already aware of. It involves the process of self-analyzing and self-monitoring. In the given situation, the process by which Rita has engaged herself is metacognition. She was already aware of the fact that she does not like the fill-in-the-blank type questions. In spite of this, she thinks and analyzes this again.
