The Bat-and-Ball Problem: Stronger evidence in support of a conscious error process.

ABSTRACT: Traditional accounts of reasoning have characterized human error response to be an unconscious process whereby cognitive misers blindly neglect the critical information that would lead to problem solution, thereby substituting an easier problem for the actual problem (e.g., Kahneman & Frederick, 2002). For the bat-and-ball problem, the unconscious substitution hypothesis is challenged on two fronts in the present study: (1) testing for conscious representation of the error-inducing semantic content of the problem (i.e., the "more than" phrase, "The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball."); and (2) comparing experimentally response confidence differences between standard versions of the problem and isomorphic controls (without that phrase) to verify post-decision sensitivity to the errors, fol

SUBMITTER: Hoover JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6800670 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature