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Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research 4/2007

01-07-2007 | Original Article

Using dual-process theory and analogical transfer to explain facilitation on a hypothetico-deductive reasoning task

Auteurs: Cynthia S. Koenig, Richard D. Platt, Richard A. Griggs

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 4/2007

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Abstract

Using the analogical transfer paradigm, the present study investigated the competing explanations of Girotto and Legrenzi (Psychological Research 51: 129–135, 1993) and Griggs, Platt, Newstead, and Jackson (Thinking and Reasoning 4: 1–14, 1998) for facilitation on the SARS version of the THOG problem, a hypothetico-deductive reasoning task. Girotto and Legrenzi argue that facilitation is based on logical analysis of the task [System 2 reasoning in Evans’s (Trends in Cognitive Sciences 7: 454–459, 2003) dual-process account of reasoning] while Griggs et al. maintain that facilitation is due to an attentional heuristic produced by the wording of the problem (System 1 reasoning). If Girotto and Legrenzi are correct, then System 2 reasoning, which is volitional and responsible for deductive reasoning, should be elicited, and participants should comprehend the solution principle of the THOG task and exhibit analogical transfer. However, if Griggs et al. are correct, then System 1 reasoning, which is responsible for heuristic problem solving strategies such as an attentional heuristic, should occur, and participants should not abstract the solution principle and transfer should not occur. Significant facilitation (68 and 82% correct) was only observed for the two SARS source problems, but significant analogical transfer did not occur. This lack of transfer suggests that System 1 reasoning was responsible for the facilitation observed in the SARS problem, supporting Griggs et al.’s attentional heuristic explanation. The present results also underscore the explanatory value of using analogical transfer rather than facilitation as the criterion for problem understanding.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Using dual-process theory and analogical transfer to explain facilitation on a hypothetico-deductive reasoning task
Auteurs
Cynthia S. Koenig
Richard D. Platt
Richard A. Griggs
Publicatiedatum
01-07-2007
Uitgeverij
Springer-Verlag
Gepubliceerd in
Psychological Research / Uitgave 4/2007
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-006-0046-6

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