The rationality quotient : toward a test of rational thinking, Keith E. Stanovich, Richard F. West, and Maggie E. Toplak

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The rationality quotient : toward a test of rational thinking, Keith E. Stanovich, Richard F. West, and Maggie E. Toplak

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toward a test of rational thinking

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Keith E. Stanovich, Richard F. West, and Maggie E. Toplak

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• The rationality quotient : toward a test of rational thinking

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• Cambridge, Massachusetts, The MIT Press, 2016

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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Contents

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Theoretical underpinnings -- Definitions of rationality in philosophy, cognitive science, and lay discourse -- Rationality, intelligence, and the functional architecture of the mind -- Overcoming miserly processing : detection, override, and mindware -- A framework for the comprehensive assessment of rational thinking (CART) -- The components of rational thought assessed by the CART -- Probabilistic and statistical reasoning -- Scientific reasoning -- Avoidance of miserly information processing : direct tests -- Avoidance of miserly information processing : indirect effects -- Probabilistic numeracy, financial literacy, sensitivity to expected value, and risk knowledge -- Contaminated mindware -- The dispositions and attitudes of rationality -- Comprehensive rational thinking assessment : data and conclusions -- Associations among the subtests : a short-form CART -- Associations among the subtests : the full-form CART -- The CART : context, caveats, and questions -- The social and practical implications of a rational thinking test -- Appendix: Structure and sample items for the subtests and scales of the comprehensive assessment of rational thinking -- References -- Index

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946254542

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24 cm

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xvii, 459 pages

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9780262034845

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2016002051

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illustrations

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(OCoLC)946254542