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Author:   Niall Galbraith (University of Wolvehampton, UK) ,  Erica Lucas (Staffordshire University, UK) ,  David Over (Durham University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Psychology Press Ltd
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9781138937864

ISBN 10:   113893786
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   31 October 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"1. A brief history of the Wason selection task 2. The ""defective"" truth table: its past, present, and future 3. Pragmatic factors in Wason's 2-4-6 task: implications for real-world hypothesis testing 4. Thinking and deciding beyond the brain 5. Deontic reasoning and social norms: broader implications 6. Certainty and action 7. Belief bias, base rates and moral judgment: re-evaluating the default interventionist dual process account 8. Dual frames in causal reasoning and other types of thinking 9. Reasoning in everyday life 10. Moral reasoning 11. Rationality and backward induction in Centipede games 12. Scams and rationality: Dutch book arguments are not all they are cracked up to be 13. If Easterners are illogical when reasoning, then what does this mean? 14. From reasoning and intelligence research to information design: understanding and optimising the usability and acceptability of schematic transit maps 15. How mood affects reasoning 16. Toward a rationality quotient (RQ): the Comprehensive Assessment of Rational Thinking (CART)"

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Niall Galbraith is Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Psychology, University of Wolverhampton, UK Erica Lucas is Senior Lecturer and Academic Group Leader in the School of Psychology, Sport and Exercise at Staffordshire University, UK David E. Over is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Psychology, Durham University, UK

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