Interaction With a High- Versus Low-Competence Influence Source in Inductive Reasoning.

Literature on inductive reasoning shows that when testing hypotheses, people are biased toward the use of confirmatory strategies (P. C. Wason, 1960). In the present article, the authors presented 2 studies showing how people use confirmation and discon-firmation strategies during actual interaction...

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Published in:	Journal of Social Psychology Vol. 145; no. 2; pp. 173 - 191
Main Authors:	Butera, Fabrizio, Caverni, Jean-Paul, Rossi, Sandrine
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd April 2005
Subjects:	Reasoning Statistical hypothesis testing Social interaction
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost