Debiasing System 1: Training favours logical over stereotypical intuiting
Whereas people’s reasoning is often biased by intuitive stereotypical associations, recent debiasing studies suggest that performance can be boosted by short training interventions that stress the underlying problem logic. The nature of this training effect remains unclear. Does training help partic...
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| author | Esther Boissin Serge Caparos Aikaterini Voudouri Wim De Neys |
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| description | Whereas people’s
reasoning is often biased by intuitive stereotypical associations, recent
debiasing studies suggest that performance can be boosted by short training
interventions that stress the underlying problem logic. The nature of this
training effect remains unclear. Does training help participants correct
erroneous stereotypical intuitions through deliberation? Or does it help them
develop correct intuitions? We addressed this issue in four studies with
base-rate neglect and conjunction fallacy problems. We used a two-response
paradigm in which participants first gave an initial intuitive response, under
time pressure and cognitive load, and then gave a final response after
deliberation. Studies 1A and 2A showed that training boosted performance and
did so as early as the intuitive stage. After training, most participants
solved the problems correctly from the outset and no longer needed to correct
an initial incorrect answer through deliberation. Studies 1B and 2B indicated
that this sound intuiting persisted over at least two months. The findings
confirm that a short training can debias reasoning at an intuitive “System 1”
stage and get reasoners to favour logical over stereotypical
intuitions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1ca6a92715cd4b178e58b18a3ced4a382023-09-02T15:52:02ZengCambridge University PressJudgment and Decision Making1930-29752022-07-01174646690Debiasing System 1: Training favours logical over stereotypical intuitingEsther BoissinSerge CaparosAikaterini VoudouriWim De NeysWhereas people’s reasoning is often biased by intuitive stereotypical associations, recent debiasing studies suggest that performance can be boosted by short training interventions that stress the underlying problem logic. The nature of this training effect remains unclear. Does training help participants correct erroneous stereotypical intuitions through deliberation? Or does it help them develop correct intuitions? We addressed this issue in four studies with base-rate neglect and conjunction fallacy problems. We used a two-response paradigm in which participants first gave an initial intuitive response, under time pressure and cognitive load, and then gave a final response after deliberation. Studies 1A and 2A showed that training boosted performance and did so as early as the intuitive stage. After training, most participants solved the problems correctly from the outset and no longer needed to correct an initial incorrect answer through deliberation. Studies 1B and 2B indicated that this sound intuiting persisted over at least two months. The findings confirm that a short training can debias reasoning at an intuitive “System 1” stage and get reasoners to favour logical over stereotypical intuitions.http://journal.sjdm.org/22/220326/jdm220326.pdfreasoning; heuristics and biases; debiasing; intuitionnakeywords |
| spellingShingle | Esther Boissin Serge Caparos Aikaterini Voudouri Wim De Neys Debiasing System 1: Training favours logical over stereotypical intuiting Judgment and Decision Making reasoning; heuristics and biases; debiasing; intuitionnakeywords |
| title | Debiasing System 1:
Training favours logical over stereotypical intuiting |
| title_full | Debiasing System 1:
Training favours logical over stereotypical intuiting |
| title_fullStr | Debiasing System 1:
Training favours logical over stereotypical intuiting |
| title_full_unstemmed | Debiasing System 1:
Training favours logical over stereotypical intuiting |
| title_short | Debiasing System 1:
Training favours logical over stereotypical intuiting |
| title_sort | debiasing system 1 training favours logical over stereotypical intuiting |
| topic | reasoning; heuristics and biases; debiasing; intuitionnakeywords |
| url | http://journal.sjdm.org/22/220326/jdm220326.pdf |
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