Chapter 12
Refer to the research study described on pages 344 - 345 of your textbook to answer the following question.
What alternative explanations can you come up with to explain the results of this study?

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary, but may include the interfering tasks impacted processes like language comprehension rather than reasoning and that the differences reflected poorer understanding of the premises rather than the logical reasoning of the conclusion.

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