Cognition as Intuitive Statistics
Published on 14. August 2015
230 pages
978-1-317-36217-3 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published in 1987, this title is about theory construction in psychology. Where theories come from, as opposed to how they become established, was almost a no-man's land in the history and philosophy of science at the time. The authors argue that in the science of mind, theories are particularly likely to come from tools, and they are especially concerned with the emergence of the metaphor of the mind as an intuitive statistician.
In the first chapter, the authors discuss the rise of the inference revolution, which institutionalized those statistical tools that later became theories of cognitive processes. In each of the four following chapters they treat one major topic of cognitive psychology and show to what degree statistical concepts transformed their understanding of those topics.
In the first chapter, the authors discuss the rise of the inference revolution, which institutionalized those statistical tools that later became theories of cognitive processes. In each of the four following chapters they treat one major topic of cognitive psychology and show to what degree statistical concepts transformed their understanding of those topics.
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English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Reflowable
File size
3,42 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-317-36217-3 (9781317362173)
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Gerd Gigerenzer | David J. Murray
Cognition as Intuitive Statistics
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Content
Acknowledgements. Introduction: Two Revolutions - Cognitive and Probabilistic 1. The Inference Revolution 2. Detection and Discrimination: From Thresholds to Statistical Inference 3. Perception: From Unconscious Inference to Hypothesis Testing 4. Memory: From Association to Decision Making 5. Thinking: From Insight to Intuitive Statistics 6. Conclusions. References. Author Index. Subject Index.
