Goal-driven reasoning overcomes cell D neglect in contingency judgements

• Verfasst von: Mata, André [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Garcia-Marques, Leonel [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Ferreira, Mário B. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Mendonça, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Goal-driven reasoning overcomes cell D neglect in contingency judgements
• Verf.angabe: André Mata, Leonel Garcia-Marques, Mário B. Ferreira, and Cristina Mendonça
• Jahr: 2015
• Jahr des Originals: 2014
• Umfang: 12 S.
• Fussnoten: Published online: 20 November 2014 ; Gesehen am 08.06.2020
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Journal of cognitive psychology
• Ort Quelle: Abingdon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
• Jahr Quelle: 2015
• Band/Heft Quelle: 27(2015), 2, Seite 238-249
• ISSN Quelle: 2044-592X
• DOI: doi:10.1080/20445911.2014.982129
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Cell D neglect
• Sach-SW: Contingency judgement
• Sach-SW: Goal-driven reasoning
• Sach-SW: Motivated reasoning
• K10plus-PPN: 1700167553

Abstract

Research on contingency judgement typically shows cell weight inequality such that the information in cell A of a contingency table is considered more relevant than the information in cell D, even though both kinds of information have the same confirmatory meaning. Two studies tested whether goal-driven reasoning can lead people to realise the value of the information in cell D. Participants' goal to defend a particular conclusion for which the information in cell D was helpful was manipulated. Whereas participants who did not have that goal displayed the usual cell D neglect, goal-driven participants for whom cell D contained goal-relevant information considered it important. More importantly, in subsequent tasks with different contents where participants were no longer driven by any goal, they continued to consider information in cell D relevant (Study 1), and they were more likely to make correct contingency judgements, which depended on considering cell D (Study 2).