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Systematic revisions to inherent notions may shape improvements in cognitive infrastructure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2014

Rose Meleady  and
Richard J. Crisp
Rose Meleady
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom. [email protected]://www.uea.ac.uk/psychology/People/Academic/Rose+Meleady
Richard J. Crisp
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TP, United Kingdom. [email protected]://www.shef.ac.uk/psychology/staff/academic/richard_crisp
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Abstract

The proposed inherence heuristic centers on perceivers' failure to systematically consider external, historical factors when explaining observed patterns. We stress that this does not preclude the potential of subsequently encountered information to challenge intuitions. Drawing on models of diversity-defined social cognition, we discuss how an updating mechanism may reciprocally shape the cognitive infrastructure that underlies reliance on heuristic systems.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 5 , October 2014 , pp. 495 - 496
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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