Who Is Rational?: Studies of Individual Differences in Reasoning

by Keith E. Stanovich

Book Overview

Integrating a decade-long program of empirical research with current cognitive theory, this book demonstrates that psychological research has profound implications for current debates about what it means to be rational. The author brings new evidence to bear on these issues by demonstrating that patterns of individual differences--largely ignored in disputes about human rationality--have strong implications for explanations of the gap between normative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805824731
• ISBN13: 9780805824735
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"