Instructional effects on responses in Wason's selection task

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ID9619733
AuthorsRichard A Griggs (0000-0002-0020-9037, University of Florida, corresponding author), Sherri L Jackson (0000-0002-7765-055X, University of Florida)
Year1990
Volume81
Issue2
Pages197-204
Publication date1990-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8295.1990.tb02355.x
OpenAlexW1987469160
LanguageEN
Citations received3

This study examines the effects of three different violation instructions in the abstract selection task. Margolis (1987) hypothesized different selection patterns for each of these instructions. The results of Expt 1 supported all of his predictions, including one for a large number of not‐ p and not‐ q selections, an extremely infrequent choice for the abstract selection task. In Expt 2, the violation instruction leading to the not‐ p and not‐ q selections was used in an abstract permission schema selection task problem. In this case, it enhanced the facilitation normally observed for such problems instead of leading to not‐ p and not‐ q selections. The present results are discussed as support for attentional cueing models of reasoning, specifically Margolis's scenario/linguistic ambiguity theory and Evans's heuristic/analytic processing theory

Ambiguity · Cognitive psychology · Facilitation · Heuristic · Machine learning · Schema (genetic algorithms) · Selection (genetic algorithm) · Task (project management) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning · Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Psychology

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