The conjunction fallacy: A test of averaging hypotheses

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review - Tập 4 Số 1 - Trang 96-101 - 1997
Fantino, Edmund1, Kulik, James1, Stolarz-fantino, Stephanie1, Wright, William1
1Department of Psychology, 0109, University of California, San Diego La Jolla

Tóm tắt

The conjunction fallacy, in which individuals report that the conjunction of two events is more rather than less likely to occur than one of the events alone, is a robust phenomenon. We assessed the possibility that an analysis in terms of functional measurement methodology might be consistent with occurrence of the fallacy. A 3 × 3 design in which we varied the judged likelihood of the two components constituting the conjunction permitted us to assess the possibility that subjects judge the likelihood of conjunctions by averaging the likelihood of their component parts. The results were consistent with this possibility, and this interpretation was supported by analysis of the results in terms of functional measurement methodology.

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