How do people make inferences? How do their reasoning processes differ and why? Methods of Thought attempts to answer these questions by looking in detail at the different reasoning strategies people apply, how these are acquired, how they are selected and how use of these strategies is influenced by individual and task properties. Focusing on empirical data and research into deductive reasoning tasks, this book summarizes current trends in the field and helps us to understand how individual differences in reasoning impact on other studies of higher cognitive abilities in humans....
How do people make inferences? How do their reasoning processes differ and why? Methods of Thought attempts to answer these questions by look...
Usually, things can't just disappear. You may think this has happened before when you've lost a pen, your keys, your homework, or maybe even your baby brother. But that is not actually what happens at all. Usually, you have simply put it down somewhere and, afterward, forgotten where. However, in this story, you will encounter an incident where a person does disappear, and in this story, that is not so unusual because the captain and the crew of his train, Evelyn Bamford (Earthling) and Paulo Vistar (Serothian), are on an unknown planet somewhere in deep space-where just about anything could...
Usually, things can't just disappear. You may think this has happened before when you've lost a pen, your keys, your homework, or maybe even your baby...
I'm sure you've been through a situation where you get your hopes built up by someone, only to have them let down by a heart-wrenching disappointment. Well, Evie thought that the Captain was going to take her to see an unusual but beautiful planet where she would see things she had never seen before and probably never will again. However, her hopes were dashed when the Train landed on Earth, in Adelaide - where she comes from. No fun for Evelyn Bamford (Earthling), but loads of fun for Paulo Vistar (Serothian) as he had never seen the planet Earth before. Paulo is in for a treat when their...
I'm sure you've been through a situation where you get your hopes built up by someone, only to have them let down by a heart-wrenching disappointme...