Predicting individual differences in conflict detection and bias susceptibility during reasoning
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21689165 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jakub Šrol (0000-0002-1168-2639, Institute of Experimental Psychology, Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia;, corresponding author), Wim De Neys (0000-0003-0917-8852, Paris Descartes University, LaPsyDE (UMR CNRS 8240), Paris, France) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 38-68 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Thinking & Reasoning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-6783 • E-ISSN: 1464-0708 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13546783.2019.1708793 |
| OpenAlex | W3005071731 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 41 |
A key component of the susceptibility to cognitive biases is the ability to monitor for conflict between intuitively cued “heuristic” answers and logical principles. While there is evidence that people differ in their ability to detect such conflicts, it is not clear which factors are driving these differences. In the present study (N = 399) we explored cognitive ability, thinking dispositions, numeracy, cognitive reflection, and mindware instantiation (i.e., knowledge of logical principles) as predictors of individual differences in conflict detection and accuracy on a battery of reasoning problems. Results showed that mindware instantiation was the best predictor of both conflict detection efficiency and reasoning accuracy. Cognitive reflection, thinking dispositions, numeracy, and cognitive ability played a significant but smaller role. The regression model explained 40% of the variance in reasoning accuracy, but only 7% in detection efficiency. We discuss the implications of these findings for popular process models of bias susceptibility
Cognition · Cognitive bias · Cognitive psychology · Debiasing · Heuristic · Literacy · Logical reasoning · Mathematics education · Numeracy · Computer Science · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
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| Unique citing works | 18 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |