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Cognitive algebra versus representativeness heuristic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Norman H. Anderson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, La Jolla, CA 92093-0109. nandereon@ucsd.edu

Abstract

Cognitive algebra strongly disproved the representativeness heuristic almost before it was published; and therewith it also disproved the base rate fallacy. Cognitive algebra provides a theoretical foundation for judgment-decision theory through its joint solution to the two fundamental problems – true measurement of subjective values, and cognitive rules for integration of multiple determinants.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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