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What’s a property of a categorical syllogism?

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The premises state something about the category memberships of the term.

  • All cogscis are sexy people.
  • All sexy people have a lot of sex.
  • All cogscis have a lot of sex.
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4 kinds of premises:

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  • universal affirmatives (All A are B)
  • universal negative statements (no A is B)
  • particular affirmative statements (some A are B)
  • particular negative statements (some A are not B)
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Categorical syllogisms can be represented as …

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… circle diagrams.

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A theory about how people solve categorical syllogisms is the atmosphere bias. 2 basic ideas of this theory:

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  • if there is at least one negative premise, people prefer a negative solution.
  • if there is at least one particular among the premises, people will prefer a particular solution.
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What can we use to solve syllogisms?

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mental models

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A bias in deductive reasoning:

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  • confirmation bias (2 4 6 -> we seek confirmation rather than disconfirmation)
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Errors and problems occurring in deductive reasoning:

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  • overextension errors
  • foreclosure effects
  • premise-phrasing effects
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We should do deductive reasoning when we are …

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… sad, because we seem to pay more attention to details.

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Three items in categorical syllogisms:

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  • the subject (cogscis)
  • the middle term (sexy people)
  • predicate (having a lot of sex)
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What does “reversibility” mean with respect to premises?

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??

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Inductive reasoning is reasoning from

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specific facts to conclusions that may explein the facts. (2 4 6 -> we’ve got facts, but what’s the rule?)

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Problems in causal inferences:

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  • correlation is not causation
  • illusory correlations lead us to confirmation bias (self-fulfilling prophecies)
  • discounting error (I found 1 cause and stop searching for another)
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How do people draw inferences?

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Using both bottom-up and top-down strategies.

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Analogies only go so far.

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DOUGH

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The dual-process theory of reasoning includes:

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  • an associative system

- a rule-based system

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Examples of associative reasoning as part of the dual-process theory:

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  • representative heuristic
  • belief-bias effect
  • false-consensus effect
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The rule-based system of the dual-process theory requires …

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… more deliberate, painstaking procedures.

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Connectionist model of dual-system deductive reasoning:

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  • associations in the network
  • rules in a system of production rules
    (ACT?)
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Reasoning and brain:

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  • Basal Ganglia (also working memory DUGH)

- frontal lobe more active in reasoning than in memory activity.