When the Pieces Do Not Quite Fit: The Role of Anomalous Information in Evaluating Explanations

dc.contributor.author	Robustelli, Briana
dc.date.accessioned	2010-05-22T13:52:06Z
dc.date.available	2010-05-22T13:52:06Z
dc.date.issued	2010-05-22T13:52:06Z
dc.description.abstract	No explanation is perfect. There are usually data that are anomalous to an explanation. We investigated two variables, resolving an anomaly and supporting an explanation, that make strong vs. weak anomalies more or less problematic for an explanation. Participants were given an explanation and an anomaly and then were asked to generate or were given someone else’s resolution to an anomaly or support for an explanation. Results showed that in certain conditions hearing about rather than generating information made the anomalies seem less problematic for the explanation. Determining the subtle relationship between these variables is important in understanding what shapes everyday reasoning.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/15030
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Scientific Thinking	en_US
dc.subject	Explanation	en_US
dc.subject	Anomaly	en_US
dc.subject	Confirmation Bias	en_US
dc.title	When the Pieces Do Not Quite Fit: The Role of Anomalous Information in Evaluating Explanations	en_US
dc.type	dissertation or thesis	en_US

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