4/7/2008 · (1960). On the failure to eliminate hypotheses in a conceptual task . Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology: Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 129-140.
7/1/1960 · On the Failure to Eliminate Hypotheses in a Conceptual Task . P. C. Wason. Quarterly Journal of Experimental … confirming and discontinuing evidence (eliminative induction), in order to draw conclusions in a simple conceptual task . The experiment is designed so that use of confirming evidence alone will almost certainly lead to erroneous …
DOI: 10.1080/17470216008416717 Corpus ID: 19237642. On the Failure to Eliminate Hypotheses in a Conceptual Task @article{Wason1960OnTF, title={ On the Failure to Eliminate Hypotheses in a Conceptual Task }, author={P. C. Wason}, journal={Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology}, year={1960}, volume={12}, pages={129 – 140} }, 10/1/2015 · On the failure to eliminate hypotheses in a conceptual task P. C. Wason a a Medical Research Council Industrial Psychology Research Group, University College, London Online Publication Date: 01 July 1960, Study – on the failure to eliminate hypotheses in a conceptual task. In a 1960 study of 29 intelligent young adults Peter Cathcart Wason showed that people prefer performing positive tests, where they try to confirm the initial hypothesis, over negative tests, where they try to disprove the initial hypothesis.
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CiteSeerX – Document Details (Isaac Councill, Lee Giles, Pradeep Teregowda): This investigation examines the extent to vhich intelligent young adults seek (i) confinning evidence alone (enumerative induction) or (ii) confirming and disconfinning tvidence (eliminative induction), in order to draw conclusions in a simple conceptual task . The experiment is designed so that use of confirming …
On the failure to eliminate hypotheses in a conceptual task P. C. Wason a a Medical Research Council Industrial Psychology Research Group, University College, London Online Publication Date: 01 July 1960 To cite this Article Wason, P. C.(1960)’On the failure to eliminate hypotheses in a conceptual task’,The Quarterly Journal of, On the failure to eliminate hypotheses in a conceptual task . Add to My Bookmarks Export citation. Type Article Author(s) P. C. Wason Date 07/1960 Volume 12 Issue 3 Page start 129 Page end 140 DOI 10.1080/17470216008416717 OpenURL Check for local electronic subscriptions Is part of Journal Title Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, ON THE F AlLURE TO ELIMINATE HYPOTHESES IN A CONCEPTUAL TASK BY P. c. WASON From the .fedical Research Council Industrial Psychology Research Group, University College, London This investigation examines the extent to vhich intelligent young adults seek (i) confinning evidence alone (enumerative induction) or (ii) confirming and disconfinning …
