Camerer and Hogarth (1999) Reviewed 74 Reasoning Studies and Concluded

question 22

Multiple Choice

Camerer and Hogarth (1999) reviewed 74 reasoning studies and concluded that:

• A) When steps were taken to ensure that participants fully understood the problem their performance was still inadequate
• B) Medical experts were biased by irrelevant information in diagnosis problems
• C) The tasks used in deductive reasoning experiments are unlike the problems people encounter in real life
• D) People are mostly rational, most of the time
• E) The provision of incentives rarely led to improved performance

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