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Direct linkCaruso, Eugene M.; Waytz, Adam; Epley, Nicholas – Cognition, 2010
People can appear inconsistent in their intuitions about sequences of repeated events. Sometimes people believe such sequences will continue (the "hot hand"), and sometimes people believe they will reverse (the "gambler's fallacy"). These contradictory intuitions can be partly explained by considering the perceived intentionality of the agent…
Descriptors: Prediction, Intuition, Beliefs, Intention
Alter, Adam L.; Oppenheimer, Daniel M.; Epley, Nicholas; Eyre, Rebecca N. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2007
Humans appear to reason using two processing styles: System 1 processes that are quick, intuitive, and effortless and System 2 processes that are slow, analytical, and deliberate that occasionally correct the output of System 1. Four experiments suggest that System 2 processes are activated by metacognitive experiences of difficulty or disfluency…
Descriptors: Cues, Metacognition, Intuition, Critical Thinking
