PSY 357 The influence of theory on the processing covariation information in causal reasoning
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECT
Faculty:
Arthur B. Markman, Ph.D.
Contact:
Kyungil Kim Kyungil@psy.utexas.edu
Arthur B. Markman Markman@psy.utexas.edu
Leora Orent Orent@psy.utexas.edu
Phone: 232-5481 (Markman Lab)
Description:
This study is attempting to understand the relationship between a reasoner’s theory and processing covariation information in causal reasoning. Basic hypothesis of this project is that knowledge about mechanisms influences attention to types of covariation information. People’s causality judgments are strongly influenced by their assumptions about the number of causes they believe underlie an effect. The ultimate goal of this project is to know how individual pieces of covariation data are evaluated relative to a reasoner’s hypothesis about the domain.
Duties:
Interaction with participants and collection of experimental data. Piloting new experiments. Data analysis with sufficient experience.
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