Reversing figure and ground in the rationality debate: An evolutionary perspective

Authors
DeKay, WT Haselton, MG Kirkpatrick, LA
Citation
Wt. Dekay et al., Reversing figure and ground in the rationality debate: An evolutionary perspective, BEHAV BRAIN, 23(5), 2000, pp. 670
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES
ISSN journal
0140525X → ACNP
Volume
23
Issue
5
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(200010)23:5<670:RFAGIT>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A broad evolutionary perspective is essential to fully reverse figure and g round in the rationality debate. Humans' evolved psychological architecture was designed to produce inferences that were adaptive, not normatively log ical. This perspective points to several predictable sources of errors in m odern laboratory reasoning tasks, including inherent, systematic biases in information-processing systems explained by Error Management Theory.