Rationality and Intelligence / Jonathan Baron.
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Cambridge University Press,
1985.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title ; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction ; Rationality ; Antecedents of the present approach ; The study of intelligence: history of IQ tests ; Cross-cultural research ; Conclusion ; 2 Rational choices and plans ; Rational plans ; Utility theory.
- Utility theory as a descriptive model Is conformity to utility theory required? ; Summary ; 3 A theory of thinking ; The phases ; The theory as a framework for description ; The prescriptive theory ; Examples and suggestions for a taxonomy of thinking tasks ; Summary.
- 4 The scheme fleshed out: a decision-theoretic analysis of thinking Choice of evidence ; The representation of ignorance in probability assignments ; Other approaches to the value of information ; Scientific method and the value of information ; Interim summary.
- Optimal stopping and impulsiveness Confirmation bias in choice of evidence from memory ; Belief perseverance, or insensitivity to evidence ; 5 Conditions of effective thinking ; Limits on cognitive processes ; Abstracting and using rules and schemata.
- The memory system required for thinking The memory system it would be nice to have ; 6 Effects of rational thinking on the individual and society ; Rationality and happiness ; Effects of rationality on effectiveness ; A vailability ; Meaningful learning ; Problem solving.