Griggs and Cox showed that Wason and Johnson-Laird's selection task could be solved

correctly by

a. posing it as a problem involving underage drinking instead.
b. providing a more abstract form of instructions to participants.
c. making each of the cards worth a certain amount of money.
d. posing it as a problem that involved family relationships instead.
e. tying it to card games that participants were familiar with.


a. posing it as a problem involving underage drinking instead.

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