Rational Thinking and Cognitive Sophistication: Development, Cognitive Abilities, and Thinking Dispositions

We studied developmental trends in 5 important reasoning tasks that are critical components of the operational definition of rational thinking. The tasks measured denominator neglect, belief bias, base rate sensitivity, resistance to framing, and the tendency toward otherside thinking. In addition t...

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Published in:Developmental psychology 2014-04, Vol.50 (4), p.1037-1048
Main Authors: Toplak, Maggie E., West, Richard F., Stanovich, Keith E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Age Differences
Aptitude
Base rates
Beliefs
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child Development
Cognition
Cognitive Ability
Cognitive Development
Cognitive functioning
Correlation
Decision Making
Development
Developmental psychology
Developmental Stages
Elementary School Students
Executive Function
Female
Framing
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9
Human
Humans
Individual Differences
Intelligence
Intelligence Tests
Male
Measures (Individuals)
Need for Cognition Scale
Parents
Personality
Psychological Tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Rationality
Reasoning
Regression (Statistics)
Regression Analysis
Resistance
Secondary School Students
Sophistication
Stroop Color Word Test
Superstition
Superstitions
Task Analysis
Taxonomy
Thinking
Thinking Skills
Trend Analysis
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