Mistaking the instance for the rule: A critical analysis of the truth-table evaluation paradigm

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 246-259

  Schroyens, Walter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conditionals; Deduction; If; Induction; Logic; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LOGIC; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LOGIC; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649173312     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210902888726     Document Type: Article

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