| Causal beliefs and empirical evidence. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 21310692 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
Causal beliefs often facilitate decision making. However, strong causal beliefs can also lead to neglect of relevant empirical evidence causing errors in risky decision making (e.g., medical, financial). We investigated the impact of pre-training and post-experience on the evaluation of empirical evidence in a two-alternative medical diagnostic task. Participants actively searched for information about two patients on the basis of four available cues. The first experiment indicated that pre-training can weaken the strong influence of causal beliefs reducing neglect of empirical evidence. The second experiment demonstrated that increasing amounts of empirical evidence can improve people's ability to decide in favor of a correct diagnosis. The current research converges with other recent work to clarify key mechanisms and boundary conditions shaping the influence of causal beliefs and empirical evidence in decisions and causal judgments. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Stephanie M Müller; Rocio Garcia-Retamero; Edward Cokely; Antonio Maldonado |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Experimental psychology Volume: 58 ISSN: 1618-3169 ISO Abbreviation: Exp Psychol Publication Date: 2011 |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2011-07-06 Completed Date: 2011-11-09 Revised Date: 2012-01-24 |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 101138477 Medline TA: Exp Psychol Country: Germany |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 324-32 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
|
University of Granada, Spain. mulles@ugr.es |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Adolescent Adult Cues Culture* Decision Making* / physiology Feedback, Psychological Female Humans Judgment* / physiology Male Middle Aged Spain Young Adult |
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Retrieval-induced forgetting of performed and observed bizarre and familiar actions.
Next Document: Dissociations between ABA-, ABC-, and AAB-renewal of Pavlovian modulation in human sequential featur...