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    "pk": 33105,
    "title": "More than Feature Comparison : Processes Underlying Similarity and Probability Judgment",
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    "abstract": "Explanations of many cognitive processes, including \nprobability judgment, rely on the construct of similarity. \nThe present paper is concerned with the similarity-based \nexplanation of reasoning in the conjunction task. Although \nhigh positive correlations have been found between \nsimilarity and probability judgments in this task, these \nalone cannot validate the assumption that similarity is \njudged by a process of feature comparison or that similarity \njudgment is an explanation of probability judgment. \nPreliminary results from a study in which we collected \nwritten justifications from subjects who made both types of \njudgment suggest that these assumptions are not tenable. \nSubjects cited considerations of causality and statistics ~ not \njust feature overlap -- when judging both similarity and \nprobability, indicating that (1) feature comparison is only \none way in which people judge similarity and (2) similarity \njudgment can involve processes usually associated with \nprobability judgment. These findings suggest that the role \nof similarity in explaining other cognitive processes needs \nto be revised. It is proposed that the power of similarity and \nprobability to predict one another can be exploited for the \npurpose of making either type of judgment.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "section": "17",
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    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Valerie",
            "middle_name": "M .",
            "last_name": "Chase",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Chicago",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Miriam",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Bassok",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Chicago",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "1995-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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