| dc.contributor.advisor | Waldmann, Michael Prof. Dr. | de |
| dc.contributor.author | Hagmayer, York Christoph | de |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-22T15:33:52Z | de |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-30T23:51:04Z | de |
| dc.date.issued | 2001-03-07 | de |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-000D-F108-2 | de |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.53846/goediss-3375 | |
| dc.format.mimetype | ContentType:application/pdf Size:835 | de |
| dc.language.iso | ger | de |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | de |
| dc.title | Denken mit und über Kausalmodelle | de |
| dc.type | doctoralThesis | de |
| dc.title.translated | Reasoning by vs. Reasoning about Causal Models | de |
| dc.contributor.referee | Waldmann, Michael Prof. Dr. | de |
| dc.date.examination | 2001-02-01 | de |
| dc.subject.dnb | 11 Psychologie | de |
| dc.subject.gok | Allgemeine Psychologie | de |
| dc.description.abstracteng | Causal models are representations of
causal structures and processes in the world. In this thesis two
main questions concerning causal models are explored: "What are the
differences between different causal models" (normative question)
and "Are persons sensitive to these differences" (psychological
question). In chapter 1 qualitative, formal and numerical aspects
of different causal models are introduced and discussed. Chapter 2
investigates the relevance of causal models for learning,
diagnosis, prediction and hypothesis testing and it reviews the
current psychological literature on these topics. In chapter 3 the
authors own experiments are described. They show that persons use
causal models in learning, but that they are not able to test even
simple causal models. Furthermore it is shown that persons show an
implicit sensitivity to structural implications of causal models,
but they lack an explicit understanding of these implications. The
final chapter integrates the findings and argues that they point to
a difference between reasoning by means of causal models vs.
reasoning about causal models. Speculations about possible
evolutionary constraints of this differentiation conclude the
thesis. | de |
| dc.contributor.coReferee | Lüer, Gerd Prof. Dr. | de |
| dc.subject.topic | mathematics and natural science | de |
| dc.subject.eng | causality | de |
| dc.subject.eng | reasoning | de |
| dc.subject.eng | learning | de |
| dc.subject.bk | 77.31 Kognition | de |
| dc.identifier.urn | urn:nbn:de:gbv:7-webdoc-1005-7 | de |
| dc.identifier.purl | webdoc-1005 | de |
| dc.identifier.ppn | 330451472 | |