A hypothesis-assessment model of categorical argument strength

Cognition

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-217

  McDonald, John ^a   Samuels, Mark ^b   Rispoli, Janet ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMANTICS; STUDENT;

ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0030140136     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0010-0277(95)00702-4     Document Type: Article

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