The rationality quotient : toward a test of rational thinking / Keith E. Stanovich, Richard F. West, and Maggie E. Toplak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stanovich, Keith E., 1950- author.

West, Richard F., author.

Toplak, Maggie E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reasoning--Ability testing.

Reasoning.

Reasoning (Psychology).

Intelligence levels.

Cognition.

Physical Description:

xvii, 459 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2016]

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgements

Theoretical underpinnings

Definitions of rationality in philosophy, cognitive science, and lay discourse

Rationality, intelligence, and the functional architecture of the mind

Overcoming miserly processing : detection, override, and mindware

A framework for the comprehensive assessment of rational thinking (CART)

The components of rational thought assessed by the CART

Probabilistic and statistical reasoning

Scientific reasoning

Avoidance of miserly information processing : direct tests

Avoidance of miserly information processing : indirect effects

Probabilistic numeracy, financial literacy, sensitivity to expected value, and risk knowledge

Contaminated mindware

The dispositions and attitudes of rationality

Comprehensive rational thinking assessment : data and conclusions

Associations among the subtests : a short-form CART

Associations among the subtests : the full-form CART

The CART : context, caveats, and questions

The social and practical implications of a rational thinking test

Appendix: Structure and sample items for the subtests and scales of the comprehensive assessment of rational thinking

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780262034845

0262034840

OCLC:

946254542