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Paradoxical individual differences in conditional inference

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2001

Mike Oaksford  and
Jo Sellen
Mike Oaksford
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF1 3YG, Wales, United Kingdom {oaksford; sellenjl}@cardiff.ac.uk www.cardiff.ac.uk/psych/Oaksford
Jo Sellen
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF1 3YG, Wales, United Kingdom {oaksford; sellenjl}@cardiff.ac.uk www.cardiff.ac.uk/psych/Oaksford
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Abstract

Paradoxical individual differences, where a dysfunctional trait correlates positively with some preconceived notion of the normatively correct answer, provide compelling evidence that the wrong norm has been adopted. We have found that logical performance on conditional inference is positively correlated with schizotypy. Following Stanovich & West's reasoning, we conclude that logic is not normative in conditional inference, the prototypically logical task.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 5 , October 2000 , pp. 691 - 692
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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