Logical reasoning and probabilities: A comprehensive test of Oaksford and Chater (2001)
- We report two experiments testing a central prediction of the probabilistic account of reasoning provided by Oaksford and Chater (2001): Acceptance of standard conditional inferences, card choices in the Wason selection task, and quantifiers chosen for conclusions from syllogisms should vary as a function of the frequency of the concepts involved. Frequency was manipulated by a probability-learning phase preceding the reasoning tasks to simulate natural sampling. The effects predicted by Oaksford and Chater (2001) were not obtained with any of the three paradigms
| Author details: | Klaus OberauerORCiDGND, Andrea Weidenfeld, R. Hornig |
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| ISSN: | 1069-9384 |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first publication: | 2004 |
| Publication year: | 2004 |
| Release date: | 2017/03/24 |
| Source: | Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. - ISSN 1069-9384. - 11 (2004), 3, S. 521 - 527 |
| Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Institution name at the time of the publication: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Psychologie |
