Reasoning

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What is inductive reasoning?
Conclusions from limited knowledge that are probably, not definitely true
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What is the term for knowledge that is common so it appears to be true, works in multiple contexts and is heavily influenced by the media?
Availability heuristic
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What is the term for judging probabilities according to how one thing resembles another?
Representative heuristic
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What is the term for the wrong assumption that two conditions are more probable than one (Kahneman & Tversky, 1982)?
Conjunction fallacy
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What is the term for seeking to confirm a hypothesis without falsification?
Confirmation bias
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What is a test of inductive reasoning?
Wasons 2-4-6 task
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What should the aim of hypothesis testing be?
Falsification
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What is deductive reasoning?
Drawing definite conclusions based on logic
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What are the two forms of deductive reasoning?
Syllogistic and conditional
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What is a syllogism?
Two statements followed by a conclusion
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What tests conditional deductive reasoning?
Wasons selection task
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Do we rely on conditional or syllogistic reasoning more?
Conditional
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What type of reasoning relies on logical operators (if_ then _)?
Conditional
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Is inductive or deductive reasoning used more in every day life?
Inductive
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What brain area was activated during deductive reasoning tasks (Goel & Dolan, 2004)?
Left Inferior frontal gyrus
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What brain area was activated during inductive reasoning tasks (Goel & Dolan, 2004)?
Dorsolateral prefrontal gyrus
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What is somatic marker hypothesis (Domasio et al, 1996)?
Emotion influences our reasoning
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How do people with high functioning ASD perform on Ravens matrices task (Yamada et al, 2012)?
More brain activation but same behavioural performance as controls
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What response to people have to Iowa gambling task (Bechara et al, 1999) and galvanic skin response?
Lack of anticipation
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Who found that events that are more easily remembered are judged to be more probable (evidence of the availability heuristic)?
Tversky & Kahneman (1974)
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Who found evidence of the conjunction fallacy?
Kahnemann & Tversky (1982)
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Who conducted the experiment showing that in science, theories are rarely changed even if they have been falsified?
Fugelsgang et al (2004)
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