APS

31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Intelligence, Growth Mindsets of Intelligence and Attitudes Towards Uncertainty As Predictors of Decision Making on a Wason’s Selection Task

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · General

Session: Poster Session XII

Authors

Abstract

This exploratory study (N=185) suggests that performance on a Wason’s Selection Task, an abstract logical task, is predicted by intelligence, while persistence after failure is associated with intolerance of uncertainty, or seeking for clarity.

Judgment and Decision Making