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Rethinking of the Heuristic-Analytic Dual Process Theory: A Comment on Wada and Nittono (2004) and the Reasoning Process in the Wason Selection Task

2005

This paper raises some methodological problems in the dual process explanation provided by Wada and Nittono for their 2004 results using the Wason selection task. We maintain that the Nittono rethinking approach is weak and that it should be refined to grasp better the evidence of analytic processes.

LogicHeuristicProcess (engineering)Decision MakingGRASPExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyDual process theoryDUAL (cognitive architecture)Sensory SystemsWason selection taskDiscrimination LearningPattern Recognition VisualReaction TimeHumansAttentionProbability LearningPsychologyProblem SolvingCognitive psychologyPerceptual and Motor Skills
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Majority and minority influence, task representation and inductive reasoning

1996

One hundred and fifty-five participants had to solve a set of 2–4–6 like reasoning problems (Wason, 1960), in which they were told which hypothesis a majority (or a minority) proposed, as well as which example was used for the test. In a 2 × 2 design, participants were also told that the problems allowed either one single correct answer or several possible answers. Results show that, when the source is a majority and the problem allows one single answer, most participants adopt the source's hypothesis and use confirmatory testing. On the contrary, it is when the source is a minority and the problem allows several answers that most participants give alternative hypotheses and use disconfirma…

Social PsychologyAlternative hypothesisMinority influenceInductive reasoningRepresentation (mathematics)Set (psychology)PsychologySocial psychologyWason selection taskTest (assessment)Task (project management)
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