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inverse base-rate effect: a standalone construct

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Cognitive psychology

tendency after category learning to assign a novel conflicting cue combination to the rarer category, contrary to base rates.

In cognitive psychology, inverse base-rate effect refers to tendency after category learning to assign a novel conflicting cue combination to the rarer category, contrary to base rates. This meaning comes from Medin (1988) in Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.[1]

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Medin, D. L., & Edelson, S. M. (1988). Problem structure and the use of base-rate information from experience. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 117(1), 68-85. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-3445.117.1.68

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