Description: Rationality and the Reflective Mind, Hardcover by Stanovich, Keith E., ISBN 0195341147, ISBN-13 9780195341140, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK "In this book, Keith Stanovich attempts to resolve the Great Rationality Debate in cognitive science-the debate about how much irrationality to ascribe to human cognition. Stanovich shows how the insights of dual-process theory and evolutionary psychology can be combined to explain why humans are sometimes irrational even though they possess cognitive machinery of remarkable adaptiveness. Using a unique individual differences approach, Stanovich shows that to fully characterize differences in rational thinking, the traditional System 2 of dual-process theory must be partitioned into the reflective mind and the algorithmic mind. He posits that we need to supersede dual-process theories with tripartite models of cognition. The key operations of the algorithmic mind and the reflective mind that support human rationality are discussed in th. The key function of the algorithmic mind is to sustain the processing of decoupled secondary representations in cognitive simulation. The key function of thereflective mind, in contrast, is to detect the need to interrupt autonomous processing and to begin simulation activities. Stanovich uses the algorithmic/reflective distinction to develop a taxonomy of cognitive errors that are made on tasks in the heuristics and biases literature. He presents empirical data to show that the tendency to make these thinking errors is only modestly related to intelligence. Using the new tripartite model of mind, Stanovich shows how rationality is a more encompassing construct than intelligence-when both are properly defined-and that IQ tests fail to assess individual differences in rational thought. Stanovich discusses the types of thinking processes that would be measured in an assessment of rational thinking"--Provided by publisher.
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Book Title: Rationality and the Reflective Mind
Number of Pages: 344 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Rationality and the Reflective Mind
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Year: 2011
Item Height: 241 mm
Item Weight: 622 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Keith Stanovich
Subject Area: Social Psychology
Item Width: 162 mm
Format: Hardcover
