Add to ORKGAdvisors: Katja Wiemer.Committee members: M. Anne Britt; Joseph P. Magliano.The inclusion of causal connectives like "because" has been shown to influence the perceived quality of an explanation (Wiemer & Asiala, under revision). This study tested the effect of individual differences on the evaluation of explanations containing causal connective "because". Participants were recruited from programs of study in psychology and the natural sciences, and read 24 texts describing various scientific phenomena. Each text was followed by a "why" question about the causal mechanism of the phenomena, and a corresponding answer to be evaluated in terms of its quality as an explanation for that question. All answers overlapped equally with the text, but...
International audienceWe contrasted four possible views of how causal connectives function during re...
Despite the increase in studies investigating people’s explana- tory preferences in the domains of p...
The idea of causality is central in science and has long given rise to debate among philosophers and...
Committee members: Britt, M. Anne; Magliano, Joseph P.; Millis, Keith K.Advisor: Wiemer, Katja.Inclu...
The causal reasoning literature suggests that hypothesis testing will only include tests that suppor...
Abstract When reasoning about science studies, people often make causal theory errors ...
This study examines question asking about causal relations when students read scientific texts. We e...
a b s t r a c t Given the breadth and depth of available information, determining which components o...
Explanations are central to understanding the causal relationships between entities within the envir...
This study examined how the contribution of self-explanation to science text comprehension is affect...
This article compares causal and constitutive explanation. While scientific inquiry usually addresse...
Because is used for intentional transmission of causal information in discourse. In scientific writi...
We investigate whether reasoners are sensitive to the underlying causal structure of an event when e...
Making sense of the events that we see and experience is a basic and constant human task. Adults hav...
Kelley's attribution theory is investigated. Subjects filled out a questionnaire that reported ...
International audienceWe contrasted four possible views of how causal connectives function during re...
Despite the increase in studies investigating people’s explana- tory preferences in the domains of p...
The idea of causality is central in science and has long given rise to debate among philosophers and...
Committee members: Britt, M. Anne; Magliano, Joseph P.; Millis, Keith K.Advisor: Wiemer, Katja.Inclu...
The causal reasoning literature suggests that hypothesis testing will only include tests that suppor...
Abstract When reasoning about science studies, people often make causal theory errors ...
This study examines question asking about causal relations when students read scientific texts. We e...
a b s t r a c t Given the breadth and depth of available information, determining which components o...
Explanations are central to understanding the causal relationships between entities within the envir...
This study examined how the contribution of self-explanation to science text comprehension is affect...
This article compares causal and constitutive explanation. While scientific inquiry usually addresse...
Because is used for intentional transmission of causal information in discourse. In scientific writi...
We investigate whether reasoners are sensitive to the underlying causal structure of an event when e...
Making sense of the events that we see and experience is a basic and constant human task. Adults hav...
Kelley's attribution theory is investigated. Subjects filled out a questionnaire that reported ...
International audienceWe contrasted four possible views of how causal connectives function during re...
Despite the increase in studies investigating people’s explana- tory preferences in the domains of p...
The idea of causality is central in science and has long given rise to debate among philosophers and...