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›› 2002, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (04): 395-402.

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NEGATIVE BIASES IN CONDITIONAL REASONING

Liu Zhiya, Zhao Dongmei, Zheng Xue (Department of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631)   

  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2002-08-25 Published:2002-08-25

Abstract: The article introduced 4 effects of negative biases in conditional reasoning including difficulty in research on MP and MT, Wason抯 selection task, affirmative bias and negative bias. Lots of researches on human reasoning have contributed to one or more of this area, including rule base , mental model, probability base theory etc. Their related tests and theories in this problem are discussed.

Key words: deductive reasoning, conditional inference, negative bias