Types of Reasoning

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Types of Reasoning
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Reasoning

• Going beyond the information given
• We reason all the time
• What are types of reasoning?

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Types of reasoning

• Logical reasoning
• Deductive reasoning
• Inductive reasoning
• Reasoning by analogy
• Causal reasoning
• Scientific reasoning
• Reasoning by contagion
• Reasoning by similarity

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Domain-general reasoning

• Deductive logic is domain-general
• Structure of the argument matters
• Content does not
• More to say about this next week
• Inductive forms require knowing about content
• Domain-specific reasoning

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Why studying content is hard

• Expertise effects
• Cultural differences
• Differences in degree of education
• Where is content studied
• Specific domains of interest
• Developmental psychology
• Social psychology

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Applications of reasoning

• Education
• Marketing/Consumer behavior
• Evolutionary psychology
• Modules

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