Yet Another Shade of Deduction. On measuring deductive flexibility and how it may relate to other cognitive abilities

• Authors: Żyluk Natalia , Michta Mikołaj , Urbański Mariusz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article describes the construction process of Deductive Flexibility Test  considered a difficult deductive reasoning measure – and the research on correlations between fluency in difficult deductive reasoning and other cognitive abilities. The main goal in the research was to examine the relations between Deductive Flexibility Test scores and results of Raven’s Advanced Progressive Matrices – fluid intelligence test. Additionally, the measures of the need for cognitive closure and epistemological understanding were included in the study. The results of the study revealed that Deductive Flexibility Test is a reliable instrument and thus can be used for research purposes. We found low or even no statistically significant correlations between the chosen variables. The directions of further research are discussed.

Keywords

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deductive reasoning; deductive flexibility; Deductive Flexibility Test; intelligence; fluid intelligence; need for cognitive closure; epistemological understanding

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń)
• Journal: Logic and Logical Philosophy
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 4 Special Issue on Logic, Cognition, Argumentation. Guest Editors: Mariusz Urbański, Michiel van Lambalgen and Marcin Koszowy
• Pages: 517-543

Dates

published

2018-12-15

Contributors

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Żyluk Natalia

• Department of Logic and Cognitive Science Institute of Psychology Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland

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Michta Mikołaj

• Department of Logic and Cognitive Science Institute of Psychology Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland

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Urbański Mariusz

• Department of Logic and Cognitive Science Institute of Psychology Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland

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