Methods of thought individual differences in reasoning strategies
How do people make inferences? How do their reasoning processes differ and why? Methods of Thought attempts to answer these questions by looking in detail at the different reasoning strategies people apply, how these are acquired, how they are selected and how use of these strategies is influenced b...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
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Hove (UK) ; New York :
Psychology Press
2004.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Current issues in thinking & reasoning.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798096506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; METHODS OF THOUGHT; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Introduction: Individual differences in reasoning strategies; References; 1. Strategic aspects of human cognition: Implications for understanding human reasoning; General issues in cognitive strategies; Implications for investigating strategic aspects of reasoning; Acknowledgements; References; 2. Rethinking logical reasoning skills from a strategy perspective; Strategy use in logical reasoning; Task characteristics and situational niches; Experiment; Acknowledgements; Appendix: Example problems
- References3. Working memory and strategies in reasoning; Working memory; Strategies and working memory; Reasoning: Theoretical approaches; Working memory in propositional reasoning: Empirical results; Working memory in syllogistic reasoning: Empirical results; Working memory and strategies in reasoning: Overview; References; 4. Verbal and spatial strategies in reasoning; Syllogistic reasoning; Experiment 1; The role of working memory in reasoning strategies; Experiment 2; Verbal and spatial strategies in transitive inference; Experiment 3; General discussion and conclusions; Acknowledgements
- References5. Adaptive strategy application in linear reasoning; Strategies in reasoning; Adaptivity and task complexity; Conflicts in adaptivity; Discussion; Acknowledgements; References; 6. Strategy usage in a simple reasoning task: Overview and implications; Strategy usage and the compass point directions task; Methods; Results and discussion; Conclusions and implications; References; 7. The window of opportunity: A model for strategy discovery; Investigating the window of opportunity model; Method; Results; Discussion; References
- Afterword: What do we know, and what do we need to know about reasoning strategies?Author index; Subject index
