Failures in Contingent Reasoning: The Role of Uncertainty
Abstract
We propose a new channel to account for the difficulties of individuals with contingent reasoning: the presence of uncertainty. When moving from an environment with one state of known value to one with multiple possible values, two changes occur. First, the number of values to consider increases. Second, the value of the state is uncertain. We show in an experiment that this lack of certainty, or the loss of the Power of Certainty, impedes...
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Title
Failures in Contingent Reasoning: The Role of Uncertainty
Published Date
Oct 1, 2019
Journal
Volume
109
Issue
10
Pages
3437 - 3474
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