Limits to evaluative judgement

The heuristics and biases tradition in judgement and decision-making research points to a number of unconscious factors that have the potential to distort students’ judgement of their own work. These factors are located within a ‘dual process’ understanding of human thought which posits an unconscious, rapid judgement process operating prior to, alongside or instead of a more considered, analytic process. Four such factors are described and their potential to distort judgement discussed, along with implications for developing students’ capacity for evaluative judgement.