192 Pages
by
Psychology Press
192 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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This book addresses an apparent paradox in the psychology of thinking. On the one hand, human beings are a highly successful species. On the other, intelligent adults are known to exhibit numerous errors and biases in laboratory studies of reasoning and decision making. There has been much debate among both philosophers and psychologists about the implications of such studies for human... Read more
Preface and Acknowledgements. Rationality in Reasoning. Personal Goals, Utility, and Probability. Relevance, Rationality, and Tacit Processing. Reasoning as Decision Making: The Case of the Selection Task. Prior Belief. Deductive Competence. A Dual Process Theory of Thinking.
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Jonathon St. B.T. Evans, David E. Over
