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Direct linkMacpherson, Robyn; Stanovich, Keith E. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2007
This study examined the predictors of belief bias in a formal reasoning paradigm (a syllogistic reasoning task) and myside bias in two informal reasoning paradigms (an argument generation task and an experiment evaluation task). Neither cognitive ability nor thinking dispositions predicted myside bias, but both cognitive ability and thinking…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Cognitive Ability, Logical Thinking, Models
Peer reviewedKokis, Judite V.; Macpherson, Robyn; Toplak, Maggie E.; West, Richard F.; Stanovich, Keith E. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2002
Examined developmental and individual differences in tendencies to favor analytic over heuristic responses in three tasks (inductive reasoning, deduction under belief bias conditions, probabilistic reasoning) in children varying in age and cognitive ability. Found significant increases in analytic responding with development on first two tasks.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Bias, Children, Cognitive Ability
