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cognition
You ignore evidence that contradicts your rule unless it's framed socially.
The Wason selection task demonstrates that people identify the correct logical cards with significantly higher accuracy when the rule is framed as a social contract.
Performance is measured by success rate, not by speed or the time taken to solve.
Your brain logic is not universal, it is entirely social.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Cosmides and Tooby, 1992
- What the check found
- The seminal research by Cosmides (1989) showed higher accuracy rates for social contracts, not a decrease in response time. The claim misattributes the nature of the performance improvement.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
Related
One of these every day, and every one names the study it came from. When a finding is contested, it says so.