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Heuristics and development: Getting even smarter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2001

Gregg E. A. Solomon
Affiliation:
Decision Management Group and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 geas@psyche.mit.edu

Abstract

There are parallels between Gigerenzer et al.'s emphasis on the rationality of adults' reasoning in terms of simple heuristics and developmental researchers' emphasis on the rationality of children's reasoning in terms of intuitive theories. Indeed, just as children become better at using their theories, so might some people, experts, become better at using simple heuristics.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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