?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Importance+of+Pragmatic+Aspects+in+Conditional+Reasoning&rft.creator=Vali%C3%B1a%2C+M%C2%AA+Dolores&rft.creator=Seoane%2C+Gloria&rft.creator=Ferraces%2C+M%C2%AA+Jos%C3%A9&rft.creator=Mart%C3%ADn%2C+Montserrat&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=The+importance+of+pragmatic+aspects+in+conditional+reasoning+was+assessed+in+the+performance+of+54+subjects+(26+females+and+28+male%3B+mean+age+17.6+years)+on+48+conditional+inference+problems%2C+using+a+3+x+2+x+4+design%2C+with+repeated+measurements.+The+independent+variables+were+probability+of+empirical+frequency+in+the+real+world%2Ctype+of+conditional+rule+and+scenario+availability.+Number+of+correct+responses+and+subjects'certainty+about+the+correctness+on+their+responses+were+the+dependent+variables.+The+results+showed%3A+a)+the+scenario+availability+is+not+sufficient+in+itself+to+explain+differences+in+performance%2C+but+it+does+affect+the+subject's+degree+of+confidence+in+their+conclusions%3B+b)+there+is+an+interaction+between+probability+of+empirical+frequency+in+the+real+world+and+type+of+conditional+rule+on+correct+performance.+The+results+were+contrasted+with+the+predictions+made+by+the+mental+models+theory+and+its+revised+version+proposed+by+Evans+(1993).+These+findings+support+the+semantic+theories+of+conditional+reasoning.&rft.publisher=Faculty+of+Psychology.+Complutense+University+of+Madrid&rft.contributor=Fern%C3%A1ndez+S%C3%A1nchez%2C+Juan&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1545%2F1%2FValinacols4.html&rft.identifier=++Vali%C3%B1a%2C+M%C2%AA+Dolores+and+Seoane%2C+Gloria+and+Ferraces%2C+M%C2%AA+Jos%C3%A9+and+Mart%C3%ADn%2C+Montserrat++(1999)+The+Importance+of+Pragmatic+Aspects+in+Conditional+Reasoning.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1545%2F