British cognitive psychologist known for research on human reasoning and confirmation bias.
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BirthplaceBath, Somerset, England 1 Death PlaceWallingford, Oxfordshire, England 1 Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionIntroduced the Wason selection task in 1966, a logic puzzle whose famously low success rate revealed how people reason differently about abstract rules than about the same rules framed in familiar, socially meaningful terms. 2 Notable WorkWason selection task; confirmation bias research 1 Connections
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Wason's hypothesis-testing experiments gave the bias its name and its first systematic study.
Identified the effect with Shuli Reich in 1979.
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Peter Cathcart Wason (; 22 April 1924 – 17 April 2003) was an English cognitive psychologist at University College London, who pioneered the psychology of reasoning.
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Peter Cathcart Wason (; 22 April 1924 - 17 April 2003) was an English cognitive psychologist at University College London, who pioneered the psychology of reasoning.
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Psychology of reasoning
In Branch: Cognitive Psychology, Introduction
was an English cognitive psychologist
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The correct response is to turn over the 8 card and the red card.
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