Adult Age Differences in Categorization and Multiple-Cue Judgment

Autor/inn/en	Mata, Rui; von Helversen, Bettina; Karlsson, Linnea; Cupper, Lutz
Titel	Adult Age Differences in Categorization and Multiple-Cue Judgment
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 48 (2012) 4, S.1188-1201 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0026084
Schlagwörter	Age Differences; Comparative Analysis; Classification; Young Adults; Cues; Task Analysis; Inferences; Older Adults; Models; Cognitive Processes; Aging (Individuals); Decision Making + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Stichwort; Aufgabenanalyse; Inference; Inferenz; Älterer Erwachsener; Analogiemodell; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Aging; Altern; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung
Abstract	We often need to infer unknown properties of objects from observable ones, just like detectives must infer guilt from observable clues and behavior. But how do inferential processes change with age? We examined young and older adults' reliance on rule-based and similarity-based processes in an inference task that can be considered either a categorization or a multiple-cue judgment task, depending on the nature of the criterion (binary vs. continuous). Both older and young adults relied on rule-based processes in the multiple-cue judgment task. In the categorization task, however, the majority of older adults relied on rule-based processes while young adults preferred similarity-based processes. Moreover, older adults who relied on rule-based processes performed poorly compared with young adults who relied on the same process, suggesting that aging is associated with deficits in applying rule-based processes. (Contains 5 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10