Wason and Johnson-Laird (1972) Confirmation Bias The Wason Card Problem Wason and Johnson-Laird (1972)

Confirmation Bias Each card has a number on one side and a letter on the other. You can turn over 1 or 2 cards. Which card / cards would you turn over to prove the following statement false? “If a card has a vowel on one side, it has an even number on the other”.

Confirmation Bias “If a card has a vowel on one side, it has an even number on the other”. 1 card? 2 cards?

Confirmation Bias “If a card has a vowel on one side, it has an even number on the other”. Choose a Combination A and D? D and 4? D and 7? 4 and 7? A and 4? A and 7?

Confirmation Bias By selecting only one card you can only confirm the statement. As you will recall, the objective was to falsify it… Return

Confirmation Bias Selecting this combination means you have confirmed the statement. Which is good. The downside here is that your task was to select cards to falsify the statement… Return

Confirmation Bias You have not chosen a vowel. These cards, therefore, cannot falsify the original statement. Return

Confirmation Bias This selection cannot falsify the original statement because you have not chosen a vowel. Return

Confirmation Bias This selection cannot falsify the original statement because you have not chosen a vowel. Return

Confirmation Bias By selecting these cards you have confirmed the statement. You can take some comfort in the fact this was likely to be the most popular choice among your peers. You are not, in all probability, alone. Return

Confirmation Bias “If a card has a vowel on one side, it has an even number on the other”. The only card combination that can be used to prove this statement false is: A + 7

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