The evaluation of diagnostic explanations for inconsistencies
<span>When individuals detect an inconsistency between a fact and their beliefs, they revise their beliefs. They also use their causal knowledge to create explanations of what led to the inconsistency. According to the theory in the present paper, an ideal explanation is a chain of a cause and...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2005-03-01
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Series: | Psychologica Belgica |
Online Access: | http://www.psychologicabelgica.com/articles/156 |