Individual differences in the analysis of informal reasoning fallacies

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 459-484

  Ricco, Robert B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argumentation norms; Belief bias; Critical discussion; Critical thinking; Deduction; Deductive reasoning; Informal fallacies; Personal epistemology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249697038     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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