Matching Bias in the Selection Task
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5267433 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J St B T Evans (London Borough of Camden), J S Lynch, Jeannie Lynch (London Borough of Camden) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 391-397 |
| Publication date | 1973-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1973.tb01365.x |
| OpenAlex | W2161527432 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 43 |
A previous study (Evans, 1972) found that subjects tend to match rather than alter named values when constructing verifying and falsifying cases of conditional rules. It was suggested that this tendency ('matching bias') might account for the responses normally observed in Wason's (1968, 1969) 'selection task'. This suggestion was tested by giving subjects the selection task with conditional rules in which the presence and absence of negative components was systematically varied, to see whether subjects consistently attempted to verify the rules (Wason's theory) or whether they continued to choose the matching values despite the presence of negatives, which would reverse the logical meaning of such selections. Significant matching tendencies were observed on four independent measures, and the overall pattern, with matching bias cancelled out, gave no evidence for a verification bias, indicating instead that the logically correct values were most frequently chosen
Cognitive psychology · Matching (statistics) · Meaning (existential) · Selection (genetic algorithm) · Selection bias · Statistics · Task (project management) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Cultural Differences and Values · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Mathematics · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 43 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 1974 - 2023 (50) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 36 |