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NOTE ON LEARNING, CONTINGENCY, AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Author(s) -
Smedslund Jan
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1966.tb01363.x
Subject(s) - contingency , psychology , cognitive psychology , realism , social psychology , developmental psychology , epistemology , philosophy
Elementary learning is not sensitive to contingencies between presence—absence variates. Even adult subjects, who under optimal conditions are capable of grasping the concept of contingency, normally do not appear to utilize this concept. The available evidence reduces confidence in the realism of clinical judgments, and is consonant with certain widespread fallacies in clinical research.