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Base-rate respect meets affect neglect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2007

Paul Whitney ,
John M. Hinson  and
Allison L. Matthews
Paul Whitney
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4820. pwhitney@wsu.eduhinson@wsu.edualmatthews@wsu.edu
John M. Hinson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4820. pwhitney@wsu.eduhinson@wsu.edualmatthews@wsu.edu
Allison L. Matthews
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4820. pwhitney@wsu.eduhinson@wsu.edualmatthews@wsu.edu
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Abstract

While improving the theoretical account of base-rate neglect, Barbey & Sloman's (B&S's) target article suffers from affect neglect by failing to consider the fundamental role of emotional processes in “real world” decisions. We illustrate how affective influences are fundamental to decision making, and discuss how the dual process model can be a useful framework for understanding hot and cold cognition in reasoning.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , June 2007 , pp. 285 - 286
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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