PSY270H1 Chapter 13: Chapter 13 reading
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Reasoning: process of drawing conclusions, and as the cognitive processes by which people start with information and come to conclusions that go beyond that information: deductive: involves sequences of statements called syllogisms. Inductive: arrive at conclusions about what is probably true based on evidence. 4 cards shown, e. g. e k 4 7: each card has letter on one side and a number on the other side, task is to indicate which cards you need to turn over to test this rule: If there is a vowel on one side, then there is an even number on the other side. 53% of participants indicated e must be turned over. (correct, falsify rule) 46% indicated that 4 would be needed (in addition to e). (incorrect, tells us nothing about rule) key: falsification principle to test a rule, it is necessary to look for situations that would falsify the rule. Inductive reasoning: reaching conclusions from evidence premises based on observation generalization.
