Strategies in sentential reasoning
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Strategies in sentential reasoning
Four experiments examined the strategies that individuals develop in sentential reasoning. They led to the discovery of five different strategies. According to the theory proposed in the paper, each of the strategies depends on component tactics, which all normal adults possess, and which are based on mental models. Reasoners vary their use of tactics in ways that have no deterministic account....
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عنوان ژورنال: Cognitive Science
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0364-0213
DOI: 10.1016/s0364-0213(02)00074-5