| Reference code: | PT/FB/BL-2014-085.11 |
| Location: | BF-GMS
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Title:
| The impact of task decomposability and scheme activation in hypothesis testing strategy
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| Publication year: | 2017
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URL:
| http://www.appe.pt/encontro/files/APPE17_ProgramaComunicacoes.pdf
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| Abstract/Results: | ABSTRACT:
A non-decomposable task, such as a clinical session, favors holistic and intuitive judgment processes (Hammond et al, 1987), constraining the interpretation of subsequent information according to the activated scheme (Eyal et al., 2011). Thus, we hypothesize that non-decomposable tasks favor primacy effects and lead to confirmatory biases, when comparing to decomposed tasks. In two studies, we manipulated the decomposability (uninterrupted vs. interrupted) of an audio excerpt of a client describing depression symptoms. We measure hypotheses testing strategy through participants’ ratings of the likelihood of three possible diagnoses. Results show that when a scheme is activated, understanding the case in a non-decomposable way leads to more confirmatory strategy than in the decomposable condition. Implications to therapy session will be discussed.
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| Accessibility: | Document exists in file
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Language:
| eng
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Author:
| Jacinto, S.
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Secondary author(s):
| Braga, J., Ferreira, M., Lewis, C., Collins, E.
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Document type:
| Abstract book
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Number of reproductions:
| 1
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Reference:
| Jacinto, S., Braga, J., Ferreira, M., Lewis, C., & Collins, E. (2017). The impact of task decomposability and scheme activation in hypothesis testing strategy. Abstract book of the 12º Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental (p. 5). Porto, Portugal: APPE.
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| Indexed document: | No
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| Keywords: | Intuitive judgement / Psychotherapy / Therapist
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The impact of task decomposability and scheme activation in hypothesis testing strategy |