Conditional Reasoning in Context: A Dual-Source Model of Probabilistic Inference

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 298-323

  Klauer, Karl Christoph ^a   Beller, Sieghard ^a   Hütter, Mandy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

conditional reasoning; dual process model; probabilistic reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGIC; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGIC; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649210905     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018705     Document Type: Article

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