Abstract

Three experiments explored the effects of word problem cueing on debiasing versions of the bat-and-ball problem. In the experimental condition order, participants solved a simpler isomorphic version of the problem prior to solving a standard version that, critically, had the same item-and-dollar amounts. Conversely, in the control condition order, participants solved the standard version prior to solving the isomorph. Across the first 2 experiments, participants cued with the isomorph were more likely to correctly solve the standard version of the problem. In the third experiment, this cueing effect was not replicated, but importantly cued participants were more likely to correctly solve the standard version of the problem with other item-and-dollar amounts, indicating near transfer. Far transfer was evident in faster response times to other problems in the Cognitive Reflection Test following practice. Along with providing converging evidence for the cueing account, these results are consistent with recent attentional debiasing findings.

摘要

三个实验探讨了单词问题提示对蝙蝠和球问题的去偏差版本的影响。在实验条件顺序中，参与者先解决问题的一个更简单的同构版本，然后再解决一个标准版本，关键是，具有相同的物品和美元数量。相反，在控制条件顺序中，参与者在解决同构之前先解决标准版本。在前 2 个实验中，被同构提示的参与者更有可能正确解决问题的标准版本。在第三个实验中，这种提示效应没有被复制，但重要的是被提示的参与者更有可能用其他物品和美元金额正确解决问题的标准版本，表明接近转移。在练习后的认知反射测试中，对其他问题的响应时间更快，因此远转移很明显。除了为提示帐户提供收敛证据外，这些结果与最近的注意力去偏差结果一致。