心理学报
心理學報
심이학보
Acta Psychologica Sinica
2006年
6期
833~840
,共null页
贝叶斯推理 嵌套集合关系 元认知 树图表征
貝葉斯推理 嵌套集閤關繫 元認知 樹圖錶徵
패협사추리 감투집합관계 원인지 수도표정
Bayesian reasoning, nested-sets relation, metacognition, tree diagram representation.
以经典的乳癌问题作为实验任务,通过两个实验分别探讨了有助于明确嵌套集合关系的逐步提问、树图表征等外部表征方式以及元认知调控和被试类型等因素对贝叶斯推理的影响。结果发现:(1)逐步提问对改善贝叶斯推理的成绩没有显著作用;(2)完整和不完整的树图表征显著地促进了推理成绩,但简约的树图表征的促进作用不显著;(3)叙述理由引发的元认知监控显著地促进了推理成绩;(4)文科和理科两组被试的推理成绩没有显著差异。
以經典的乳癌問題作為實驗任務,通過兩箇實驗分彆探討瞭有助于明確嵌套集閤關繫的逐步提問、樹圖錶徵等外部錶徵方式以及元認知調控和被試類型等因素對貝葉斯推理的影響。結果髮現:(1)逐步提問對改善貝葉斯推理的成績沒有顯著作用;(2)完整和不完整的樹圖錶徵顯著地促進瞭推理成績,但簡約的樹圖錶徵的促進作用不顯著;(3)敘述理由引髮的元認知鑑控顯著地促進瞭推理成績;(4)文科和理科兩組被試的推理成績沒有顯著差異。
이경전적유암문제작위실험임무,통과량개실험분별탐토료유조우명학감투집합관계적축보제문、수도표정등외부표정방식이급원인지조공화피시류형등인소대패협사추리적영향。결과발현:(1)축보제문대개선패협사추리적성적몰유현저작용;(2)완정화불완정적수도표정현저지촉진료추리성적,단간약적수도표정적촉진작용불현저;(3)서술이유인발적원인지감공현저지촉진료추리성적;(4)문과화이과량조피시적추리성적몰유현저차이。
The natural frequency hypothesis proposed by Gigerenzer & Hoffrage ( 1995 ) assumed that the cognitive fallacy in Bayesian inference would be diminished when the problem was presented in frequency format instead of in probability format. The nested-sets hypothesis proposed by Mellers et al. (1999), however, thought that the natural frequency format facilitated the problem-solving because this format made the visualization of the nested relation among sets. Sloman (2003) and Gigerenzer & Hoffrage (1999) explained the facilitating effect of frequency format on problem-solving from the point of view of the concept of set. On the basis of the findings above, this study aimed to evaluate the effects of different external representation on transparent nested-sets relation, and to discuss the facilitating effect of transparent nested-sets relations on Bayesian inference. In addition, this study investigated if transparent nested-sets relations could diminish the difference on reasoning results from participants who are majored in arts or science. The present study also discussed if narrating reason could enhance participants'meta-cognition monitoring and understanding of the nested relation in classic Bayesian inference, thereby improve their reasoning results.
Two experiments were collectively conducted with totally 336 arts and science students, among whom 82 students were majored in mathematics and 86 in Chinese in the first experiment, and 83 students majored in mathematics and 85 in Chinese in the second experiment. All participants were not familiar with Bayesian inference rule. A total of 329 questionnaires were collected. A analysis of variance of the absolute value of difference between posterior probability and normal value was performed.
The results indicated that: (1) there was no significant effect of one-by-one-question. (2) facilitating effect of completed tree diagram and uncompleted one on Bayesian reasoning was found by framing problem's nested-sets relations in terms, but the effect of simple tree diagram was not significant. (3) narrating reasons inspired meta-cognition so that participants could effectively sense internal nested-sets relations by mobilizing their knowledge and schema and improved their Bayesian reasoning performances. (4) there was no significant difference between arts and science students.
The results of this study supported the hypothesis that transparent nested-sets relations in task representation could improve Bayesian reasoning. It also suggests that the meta-cognition monitoring by narrating reason could mobilize foregone logic knowledge and scheme knowledge in mind and make thinking more transparent. These findings offered psychological evidence to reduce students'short-time memory burden so as to improve teaching efficiency and students'performance.