Peter Wason Gave Participants the Sequence "2,4,6" and Asked Them

question 76

Multiple Choice

Peter Wason gave participants the sequence "2,4,6" and asked them to determine the rule used to generate the sequence.His findings suggest that people ______.

• A)have difficulty generating possible rules to test
• B)generate a rule,then look for information that could support it
• C)generate a rule,then look for information that could disconfirm it
• D)generate rules,but do not know how to support their rules

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