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Holyoak, Keith J.; Glass, Arnold L. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1975
Three experiments were performed, based on the two hypotheses about the rejection of false statements. False statements are rejected because they are "contradictory sentences," i.e., there is a subject/predicate contradiction, and "counterexample sentences," which are rejected when a person thinks of a counterexample to the assertion. (SC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Logical Thinking, Psycholinguistics, Semantics
Marcus, Sandra L.; Rips, Lance J. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979
Examines the reasons for differences in conclusions about the way conditional sentences are comprehended. (AM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Experimental Psychology, Logical Thinking
