Evolutionary versus instrumental goals: How evolutionary psychology misconceives human rationality

By K. Stanovich, R. F. West. 2003

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Natural myside bias is independent of cognitive ability (2007, methodology): “Cognitive ability measures such as the SAT are indices of the computational power (decoupling ability, see Stanovich, 2004 ) of the analytic system in dual-process theories (System 2; see Evans, 2003 , in press; Stanovich, 1999 ; Stanovich & West, 2000 , 2003 ).”
The Rationality Debate: Application of Cognitive Psychology to Mathematics Education (2006, unknown): “2002; Kahneman, 2002; Gigerenzer and Todd, 1999; Todd and Gigerenzer, 2000; Stanovich and West, 2000, 2003).”
Differentiating insight from non-insight problems (2005, background): “It comprises a ‘‘set of systems in the brain (partially encapsulated modules in some views) that operate autonomously’’ (Stanovich & West, 2003, p. 182) such as reflexes, instincts, innate input modules, and processes formed through associative learning.”
The duality of mind: an historical perspective (2009, methodology): “In addition to developing the individual differences approach to dualprocess research, Stanovich (1999, 2004, Stanovich and West, 2003 ) has also contributed significantly to the debate concerning rationality and evolution.”
Intuitive vs analytical thinking: four perspectives (2009, background): “Here, we will mainly discuss the dual-process theory (introduced below) and the heuristicsand-biases research program in cognitive psychology (led by Kahneman & Tversky over the last 30 years; cf., e.g., Evans 2003, 2008; Gilovich, Griffin, & Kahneman, 2002; Kahneman, 2002; Stanovich & West, 2000, ”
In two minds: Dual processes and beyond. (2009, background): “Stanovich (1999, 2004; Stanovich and West 2003) has also contributed (p.18) significantly to the debate concerning rationality and evolution.”
On the distinction between rationality and intelligence: Implications for understanding individual differences in reasoning. (2012, background): “Evolution proceeds to increase the reproductive fi tness of genes, not to increase the rationality of humans (Stanovich, 2004; Stanovich & West, 2003).”