Training conditional and cumulative risk judgements: The role of frequencies, problem-structure and einstellung

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 325-344

  McCloy, Rachel ^a   Beaman, C Philip ^a   Morgan, Beth ^a   Speed, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TEACHING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRAINING;

EID: 34047262059     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1273     Document Type: Article

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