The rationality quotient : toward a test of rational thinking /
Stanovich, Keith E.,1950-author.
West, Richard F.,author.
Toplak, Maggie E.,author.
How to assess critical aspects of cognitive functioning that are not measured by IQ tests: rational thinking skills.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web
Previously issued in print: 2016.
Specialized.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
How to assess critical aspects of cognitive functioning that are not measured by IQ tests: rational thinking skills.
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Theoretical underpinnings -- Definitions of rationality in philosophy, cognitive science, and lay discourse -- Rationality, intelligence, and the functional architecture of the mind -- Overcoming miserly processing : detection, override, and mindware -- A framework for the comprehensive assessment of rational thinking (CART) -- The components of rational thought assessed by the CART -- Probabilistic and statistical reasoning -- Scientific reasoning -- Avoidance of miserly information processing : direct tests -- Avoidance of miserly information processing : indirect effects -- Probabilistic numeracy, financial literacy, sensitivity to expected value, and risk knowledge -- Contaminated mindware -- The dispositions and attitudes of rationality -- Comprehensive rational thinking assessment : data and conclusions -- Associations among the subtests : a short-form CART -- Associations among the subtests : the full-form CART -- The CART : context, caveats, and questions -- The social and practical implications of a rational thinking test -- Appendix: Structure and sample items for the subtests and scales of the comprehensive assessment of rational thinking -- References -- Index.
Reasoning
Reasoning (Psychology)
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