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Exploring the overestimation of conjunctive probabilities
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 1775621
Author(s) Nilsson, Håkan; Rieskamp, Jörg; Jenny, Mirjam A
Author(s) at UniBasel Rieskamp, Jörg
Year 2013
Title Exploring the overestimation of conjunctive probabilities
Journal Frontiers in Psychology
Volume 4
Pages / Article-Number 101
Keywords judgment, accuracy, conjunctive probability, overestimation, conjunction fallacy, configurel weighted average hypothesis
Abstract

People often overestimate probabilities of conjunctive events. The authors explored whether the accuracy of conjunctive probability estimates can be improved by increased experience with relevant constituent events and by using memory aids. The first experiment showed that increased experience with constituent events increased the correlation between the estimated and the objective conjunctive probabilities, but that it did not reduce overestimation of conjunctive probabilities. The second experiment showed that reducing cognitive load with memory aids for the constituent probabilities led to improved estimates of the conjunctive probabilities and to decreased overestimation of conjunctive probabilities. To explain the cognitive process underlying people's probability estimates, the configural weighted average model was tested against the normative multiplicative model. The configural weighted average model generates conjunctive probabilities that systematically overestimate objective probabilities although the generated probabilities still correlate strongly with the objective probabilities. For the majority of participants this model was better than the multiplicative model in predicting the probability estimates. However, when memory aids were provided, the predictive accuracy of the multiplicative model increased. In sum, memory tools can improve people's conjunctive probability estimates.

Publisher Frontiers
ISSN/ISBN 1664-1078
edoc-URL http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A6124595
Full Text on edoc No
Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00101
PubMed ID http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23460026
ISI-Number WOS:000330803100002
Document type (ISI) Article
 
   

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