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Intuitive versus analytic abilities: The case of words versus numbers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2001

Karl Halvor Teigen
Karl Halvor Teigen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø, [email protected] www.isv.uit.no/seksjon/psyk/karlht.htm
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Abstract

The distinction between abstract (rule-based) and contextual (intuitive) thinking is illustrated by studies of numeric versus linguistic expressions of probability. Verbal probabilities are believed to reflect intuitions that can be adaptive and occasionally normative (e.g., counteracting conjunction errors). Stanovich & West's interpretation of analytic thinking in terms of ability suggests a complementary ability perspective on intuitive thinking.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 5 , October 2000 , pp. 698 - 699
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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