PSY270H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Null Hypothesis, Daniel Kahneman, List Of Fallacies
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In general, people are not good as solving problems when they are presented abstractly: it is easier to find a solution it is a concrete, real-world problem. Therefore, all a are c: belief bias: the proneness of people to ignore the logical form of an argument and focus on their prior world knowledge, two-step process of syllogistic reasoning, determine whether the syllogism is valid. If so, determine the empirical truth of the premises: another form: (the word some might make the syllogism valid/invalid) Performance on syllogisms improves when people know how to use diagrams, such as. Then consequent; effect of the possible cause: general form: P: in other words, p is true, it"s raining. Not p: in other words, p is not true, it"s not raining. Q: in other words, q is true, the streets are wet. Not q: in other words, q is not true, the streets are not wet.
