Rational Thinking and Cognitive Sophistication: Development, Cognitive Abilities, and Thinking Dispositions

Autor/inn/en	Toplak, Maggie E.; West, Richard F.; Stanovich, Keith E.
Titel	Rational Thinking and Cognitive Sophistication: Development, Cognitive Abilities, and Thinking Dispositions
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 50 (2014) 4, S.1037-1048 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0034910
Schlagwörter	Trend Analysis; Taxonomy; Cognitive Ability; Thinking Skills; Executive Function; Cognitive Development; Task Analysis; Individual Differences; Correlation; Age Differences; Developmental Stages; Intelligence Tests; Measures (Individuals); Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students; Regression (Statistics); Grade 2; Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 5; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Grade 9; Need for Cognition Scale; Stroop Color Word Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Trendanalyse; Taxonomie; Denkfähigkeit; Kognitive Entwicklung; Aufgabenanalyse; Individueller Unterschied; Korrelation; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Messdaten; Sekundarschüler; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09
Abstract	We studied developmental trends in 5 important reasoning tasks that are critical components of the operational definition of rational thinking. The tasks measured denominator neglect, belief bias, base rate sensitivity, resistance to framing, and the tendency toward otherside thinking. In addition to age, we examined 2 other individual difference domains that index cognitive sophistication: cognitive ability (intelligence and executive functioning) and thinking dispositions (actively open-minded thinking, superstitious thinking, and need for cognition). All 5 reasoning domains were consistently related to cognitive sophistication regardless of how it was indexed (age, cognitive ability, thinking dispositions). The implications of these findings for taxonomies of developmental trends in rational thinking tasks are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01