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pseudodiagnosticity: a standalone construct

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pseudodiagnosticity1 CONSTRUCTPseudodiagnosticityDOHERTY · JUDGMENT AND

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Judgment and decision making

the tendency to seek evidence about only one hypothesis, ignoring how likely that evidence would be under the alternative hypothesis.

In judgment and decision making, pseudodiagnosticity refers to the tendency to seek evidence about only one hypothesis, ignoring how likely that evidence would be under the alternative hypothesis. This meaning comes from Doherty (1979) in Acta Psychologica.[1]

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evidence2 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, two constructshypothesis2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructsjudgment2 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

  1. Doherty, M. E., Mynatt, C. R., Tweney, R. D., & Schiavo, M. D. (1979). Pseudodiagnosticity. Acta Psychologica, 43(2), 111-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/0001-6918(79)90017-9

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