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Direct linkBurns, Bruce D. – Cognitive Psychology, 2004
Gigerenzer (2000) and Anderson (1990) analyzed reasoning by asking: what are the reasoner's goals? This emphasizes the adaptiveness of behavior rather than whether a belief is normative. Belief in the ''hot hand'' in basketball suggests that players experiencing streaks should be given more shots, but this has been seen as a fallacy due to…
Descriptors: Heuristics, Beliefs, Adjustment (to Environment), Markov Processes
