Event Title
A Comparison of Wason Selection Task Reasoning in Social and Non-Social Contextual Domains
Faculty Mentor
Jack A. Palmer
Location
Farrar Hall, Room 112
Session
Session 1
Start Date
20-4-2012 1:15 PM
End Date
20-4-2012 2:15 PM
Description
A large body of research using the Wason Selection Task supports the view that human cognitive architecture includes evolved reasoning programs that were shaped by selection for distinct adaptive problems, such as social exchange and evading hazards. The purpose of this study was to investigate further the nuances of social exchange by comparing human reasoning in the Social Exchange sub-domains of Social Stigma and Social Privilege to the non-social domain of Environmental Hazard. It was hypothesized that variations in the contextual domains for Wason Selection Task problems would affect the ability of participants to arrive at the logically correct solutions to these problems.
A Comparison of Wason Selection Task Reasoning in Social and Non-Social Contextual Domains
Farrar Hall, Room 112
A large body of research using the Wason Selection Task supports the view that human cognitive architecture includes evolved reasoning programs that were shaped by selection for distinct adaptive problems, such as social exchange and evading hazards. The purpose of this study was to investigate further the nuances of social exchange by comparing human reasoning in the Social Exchange sub-domains of Social Stigma and Social Privilege to the non-social domain of Environmental Hazard. It was hypothesized that variations in the contextual domains for Wason Selection Task problems would affect the ability of participants to arrive at the logically correct solutions to these problems.