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From base-rate to cumulative respect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2007

C. Philip Beaman  and
Rachel McCloy
C. Philip Beaman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Reading – Earley Gate, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AL, United Kingdom. c.p.beaman@reading.ac.ukhttp://www.personal.rdg.ac.uk/~sxs98cpb/philip_beaman.htmr.a.mccloy@reading.achttp://www.psychology.rdg.ac.uk/people/lecturing/Dr_Rachel_McCloy.php
Rachel McCloy
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Reading – Earley Gate, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AL, United Kingdom. c.p.beaman@reading.ac.ukhttp://www.personal.rdg.ac.uk/~sxs98cpb/philip_beaman.htmr.a.mccloy@reading.achttp://www.psychology.rdg.ac.uk/people/lecturing/Dr_Rachel_McCloy.php
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Abstract

The tendency to neglect base-rates in judgment under uncertainty may be “notorious,” as Barbey & Sloman (B&S) suggest, but it is neither inevitable (as they document; see also Koehler 1996) nor unique. Here we would like to point out another line of evidence connecting ecological rationality to dual processes, the failure of individuals to appropriately judge cumulative probability.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , June 2007 , pp. 256 - 257
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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