Content Effects in Conditional Reasoning: Evaluating the Container Schema
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This study presented participants with conditional statements with content that was group-related, container-related, and a combination of group and container. Participants received modus ponens, modus tollens, denying the antecedent, affirming the consequent, and inconsistent forms of conditional arguments. Results demonstrated a significant advantage of the group over the container wording for some of the arguments. These results suggest that content that is specifically container-related does not provide a consistent advantage over other types of content, contrary to some theories of embodied mathematics.
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