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Download full textWell, Arnold D.; And Others – 1981
A number of studies have reported that there is a strong tendency to ignore base-rate information in favor of individuating information, except when the former can readily be incorporated into a causal schema. In this study, students in eight undergraduate classes were given problems in which the base-rate information was either causal or…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, College Science, Concept Formation, Convergent Thinking
