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Goal-driven reasoning overcomes cell D neglect in contingency judgements

Research on contingency judgement typically shows cell weight inequality such that the information in cell A of a contingency table is considered more relevant than the information in cell D, even though both kinds of information have the same confirmatory meaning. Two studies tested whether goal-dr...

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Hauptverfasser: Mata, André (VerfasserIn) , Garcia-Marques, Leonel (VerfasserIn) , Ferreira, Mário B. (VerfasserIn) , Mendonça, Cristina (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2015
In: Journal of cognitive psychology
Year: 2014, Jahrgang: 27, Heft: 2, Pages: 238-249
ISSN:2044-592X
DOI:10.1080/20445911.2014.982129
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2014.982129
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Verfasserangaben:André Mata, Leonel Garcia-Marques, Mário B. Ferreira, and Cristina Mendonça
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Zusammenfassung:Research on contingency judgement typically shows cell weight inequality such that the information in cell A of a contingency table is considered more relevant than the information in cell D, even though both kinds of information have the same confirmatory meaning. Two studies tested whether goal-driven reasoning can lead people to realise the value of the information in cell D. Participants' goal to defend a particular conclusion for which the information in cell D was helpful was manipulated. Whereas participants who did not have that goal displayed the usual cell D neglect, goal-driven participants for whom cell D contained goal-relevant information considered it important. More importantly, in subsequent tasks with different contents where participants were no longer driven by any goal, they continued to consider information in cell D relevant (Study 1), and they were more likely to make correct contingency judgements, which depended on considering cell D (Study 2).
Beschreibung:Published online: 20 November 2014
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ISSN:2044-592X
DOI:10.1080/20445911.2014.982129

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