Associations between psychologists' thinking styles and accuracy on a diagnostic classification task
Publication year
2012Number of pages
12 p.
Source
Synthese, 189, 1 Suppl., (2012), pp. 119-130ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor
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Organization
SW OZ BSI OGG
SW OZ BSI BO
SW OZ DCC NRP
Journal title
Synthese
Volume
vol. 189
Issue
iss. 1 Suppl.
Languages used
English (eng)
Page start
p. 119
Page end
p. 130
Subject
DI-BCB_DCC_Theme 3: Plasticity and Memory; Experimental Psychopathology and Treatment; Neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology; Neuro- en revalidatiepsychologieAbstract
The present study investigated whether individual differences between psychologists in thinking styles are associated with accuracy in diagnostic classification. We asked novice and experienced clinicians to classify two clinical cases of clients with two co-occurring psychological disorders. No significant difference in diagnostic accuracy was found between the two groups, but when combining the data from novices and experienced psychologists accuracy was found to be negatively associated with certain decision making strategies and with a higher self-assessed ability and preference for a rational thinking style. Our results underscore the idea that it might be fruitful to look for explanations of differences in the accuracy of diagnostic judgments in individual differences between psychologists (such as in thinking styles or decision making strategies used), rather than in experience level.
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