Uncriticalness on hard novel tasks appears as many wrong answers relative to omissions and as eagerness to learn answers from authority rather than one's own checks¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r1 · q1
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Subclaims¶

q1 i? Impulsiveness and uncriticalness were witnessed by the large number of wrong answers in comparison with omissions or confessions of inability. → Thorndike 1922 q1 i? In a test question on field intensity, a correct number answer was given six times but the unit name was correct only once. → Thorndike 1922 (2)

Evidence¶

Thorndike 1922¶

Thorndike, E. L., & Upton, C. B. (1922). An Experiment in Learning an Abstract Subject. The Journal of Educational Psychology, 13(6). https://doi.org/10.1037/h0065229

q1 · i? · qualitative · r1

Qualitative analysis of the adults' written work: the ratio of wrong answers to omissions or confessions of inability is offered as evidence of uncriticalness, with few answers carrying any expression of doubt.

"Impulsiveness and uncriticalness are witnessed further by the large number of wrong answers in comparison with the number of omissions or confessions of inability."

Thorndike 1922 (2)¶

Thorndike, E. L., & Upton, C. B. (1922). An Experiment in Learning an Abstract Subject. The Journal of Educational Psychology, 13(6). https://doi.org/10.1037/h0065229

q1 · i? · causal · r1

From the 12-minute test: one question "received a correct number answer six times but the name was correct only once," cited as evidence of general mental confusion in attaching names to answer numbers.

"the question: "What is the intensity of the magnetic field due to a unit pole at a distance of .001 cm.?" received a correct number answer six times but the name was correct only once."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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