ACCTG 1 Lecture Notes - Cognitive Bias, Working Memory, Model Theory
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Task 1 reasoning (about possibilities: what is reasoning, the cognitive process of making inferences, drawing conclusions from premises/ knowledge (by combining them) Or, drawing conclusions from knowledge by combining the knowledge you already have or have obtained. Inference (schlussfolgerung) is valid because your conclusion holds in any case in which the premises (voraussetzung) hold. One possibility: the ink cartridge is empty, so the printer won"t work. Theory of deductive competence: individuals have the potential to be rational and an awareness of this potential. If the ink cartridge is empty, then the printer won"t work. Inference isn"t valid because there may be another reason. Yet, your conclusion may be true as well. Two possibilities: the ink cartridge is empty. Inductive competence: goes beyond the information given and ultimately aims to explain phenomena: abduction. Hence, there"s a fault in the connection between the computer and the printer. Inferences either maintain or throw information away (deductions) or they increase information (inductions).
