Selective sampling and inductive inference: Drawing inferences based on observed and missing evidence
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2019 at "Cognitive Psychology"
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2019.05.003
Abstract: We propose and test a Bayesian model of property induction with evidence that has been selectively sampled leading to "censoring" or exclusion of potentially relevant data. A core model prediction is that identical evidence samples… read more here.
Keywords: sampling inductive; evidence; property; selective sampling ... See more keywords
The optimist within? Selective sampling and self-deception
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2017 at "Consciousness and Cognition"
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2016.07.005
Abstract: The nature and existence of self-deception is controversial. On a classic conception, self-deceived individuals carry two conflicting representations of reality. Proponents of an alternative, deflationary account dispute this, arguing that putative cases of self-deception simply… read more here.
Keywords: deception; self deception; within selective; selective sampling ... See more keywords