PSYCH 2H03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Validity, Psych
18 Jun 2013
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Reasoning: the process by which conclusions are drawn from information (premises); a crucial skill that sets humanity apart from all other animals. Counterfactual reasoning: reasoning from assumptions or hypotheses that the reasoned believes to be false (e. g. , if i had studied for the test, i would have gotten a good grade. ). Invalidity: a property of conclusions that do not follow a premise. Linear reasoning: the ability to draw a conclusion from pairs of relationships on some dimension (e. g. , height). Seriation: the basic linear reasoning: the ability to place objects in order along a dimension (e. g. , from shortest to tallest). Transitivity: given three items, if a relation holds between the first two items and also between the second and third items, then it must hold between the first and third items. Syllogism: an argument in which the conclusion follows from the premises.
