PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Egocentrism, Psych, Metacognition

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2AA3
• Professor: Jennifer Ostovich

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Reversibility the substance will still be the same. Logic can only be applied to concrete, real-world objects and events. If it"s not concrete, you can"t necessarily deal with it. You can add oranges and apples that are in front of you, but not if we just ask you to add 3 and 2. Therefore : can"t solve abstract problems, can"t handle contrary-to-fact premises. You show them 3 pairs of 2 kids. Then, you ask them which was the tallest. They find it hard, and some people think that they can"t hold all that information at once. If all first graders are kids, and all kids are people, then all first graders are people. If all first graders are kids, and all kids are hippos, then all first graders are hippos. They can"t let go of the factual stuff, and imagine the premise when it has got wrong information in it.