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Development of heuristic bias detection in elementary school
- Source :
- Developmental Psychology. 49:258-269
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- American Psychological Association (APA), 2013.
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Abstract
- Although human reasoning is often biased by intuitive heuristics, recent studies have shown that adults and adolescents detect the biased nature of their judgments. The present study focused on the development of this critical bias sensitivity by examining the detection skills of young children in elementary school. Third and 6th graders were presented with child-friendly versions of classic base-rate problems in which a cued heuristic response could be inconsistent or consistent with the base rates. After each problem children were asked to indicate their subjective response confidence to assess their bias detection skills. Results indicated that 6th graders showed a clear confidence decrease when they gave a heuristic response that conflicted with the base rates. However, this confidence decrease was not observed for 3rd graders, suggesting that they did not yet acknowledge that their judgment was not fully warranted. Implications for the development of efficient training programs and the debate on human rationality are discussed.
- Subjects :
- Male
Subjective response
Signal Detection, Psychological
media_common.quotation_subject
education
Rationality
Developmental psychology
Judgment
Child Development
Bias
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Humans
Statistical analysis
Child
Life-span and Life-course Studies
Problem Solving
Demography
media_common
Cued speech
Heuristic
Games, Experimental
Self-confidence
Bias detection
Female
Psychology
Heuristics
Intuition
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19390599 and 00121649
- Volume :
- 49
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Developmental Psychology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ff99f04eaa27c914636fed359e86e1d3