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Direct linkLindskog, Marcus; Winman, Anders; Juslin, Peter – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2013
The capacity of short-term memory is a key constraint when people make online judgments requiring them to rely on samples retrieved from memory (e.g., Dougherty & Hunter, 2003). In this article, the authors compare 2 accounts of how people use knowledge of statistical distributions to make point estimates: either by retrieving precomputed…
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Short Term Memory, Prediction, Probability
Del Missier, Fabio; Mäntylä, Timo; Hansson, Patrik; Bruine de Bruin, Wändi; Parker, Andrew M.; Nilsson, Lars-Göran – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2013
Several judgment and decision-making tasks are assumed to involve memory functions, but significant knowledge gaps on the memory processes underlying these tasks remain. In a study on 568 adults between 25 and 80 years of age, hypotheses were tested on the specific relationships between individual differences in working memory, episodic memory,…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Memory, Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Processes
Nilsson, Hakan; Winman, Anders; Juslin, Peter; Hansson, Goran – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2009
This article explores the configural weighted average (CWA) hypothesis suggesting that extension biases, like conjunction and disjunction errors, occur because people estimate compound probabilities by taking a CWA of the constituent probabilities. The hypothesis suggests a process consistent with well-known cognitive constraints, which…
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Prediction, Probability, Bias
Download full textBierschenk, Bernhard; Bierschenk, Inger – Cognitive Science Research, 1987
The study of consciousness requires a language for exact and precise communication. This research project investigated how workers from different cultural contexts value information that is relevant to their job performance. Thirty-five randomly selected mechanics, from Sweden, England, West Germany, Italy, and the United States, were selected as…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Comparative Analysis
Jungskar, Marianne, Ed. – 1982
The 1981-1982 annual abstract publication on Swedish behavioral science research reports is presented. The collection of data was completed on May 15, 1982. The reports are grouped in categories according to Psychological Abstracts and EUDISED Thesaurus (multilingual thesaurus for information processing in the field of education). The ERIC…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Behavioral Science Research, Developmental Psychology
Garcia, Ofelia, Ed. – 1991
The collection of essays on bilingual education is divided into five sections covering theoretical considerations, planning, policies and implementation in an international context, U.S. policies, and practices. Papers include: "A Gathering of Voices, a 'Legion of Scholarly Decency' and Bilingual Education: Fishman's Biographemes as…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Bilingual Education, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Education
National Library for Psychology and Education, Stockholm (Sweden). – 1981
The 1980-81 annual abstract publication on Swedish behavioral science research reports is presented. The collection of data was completed on May 1, 1981. The more than 300 reports are grouped in categories according to Psychological Abstracts and EUDISED Thesaurus (multilingual thesaurus for information processing in the field of education). The…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Behavioral Science Research, Developmental Psychology
National Library for Psychology and Education, Stockholm (Sweden). – 1979
The 1978-79 annual abstract publication on Swedish behavioral science research reports is presented. The collection of data was completed on May 1, 1979. The reports are grouped in categories according to Psychological Abstracts and EURISED Thesaurus (multilingual thesaurus for information processing in the field of education). The ERIC Thesaurus…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Behavioral Science Research, Developmental Psychology
National Library for Psychology and Education, Stockholm (Sweden). – 1977
The compilation offers abstracts and source information about 328 behavioral science research projects in Sweden during 1976 and the first four months of 1977. The entries, grouped alphabetically by author, include 24 subject categories such as adult education, applied psychology, communication systems, developmental psychology, experimental…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Behavioral Science Research
