PSYC 2650 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Risk-Seeking, Belief Bias, Syllogism
23 Jan 2017
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In displaying confirmation bias people sometimes reason in this way: (cid:498))f my gambling strategy is good, then )"ll win my next bet. Therefore, my strategy is good! (cid:499: this is illogical, in some cases, people fail to grasp even the simplest principles of logic. If people are careless or misread problems they do so with frequency. Valid syllogism: the conclusion does follow from the premises stated: ex. Invalid syllogism: the conclusion does not follow from the premises stated: ex. To try to figure out whether or not they are valid translate them into concrete terms (instead of using letters, change them into objects) Participants whoa re asked to reason about syllogisms do remarkably poor spelled out in concrete terms, but even still performance remains relatively low. Participants" performance is somewhat better when the syllogisms are. Errors in logic are extremely common in adults and in children, and even.
