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Peer reviewedJacobs, Janis E.; Potenza, Maria – Child Development, 1991
In a study of the use of baserates and the representativeness heuristic, children and college students made judgments about scenarios that varied by domain and information provided. The use of baserates and heuristic, and the consistency between subjects' choices and rationales, increased with age. Use of individuating information developed early.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, College Students, Decision Making
