Critical thinking classes can reduce common biases: Results from a field experiment.

2026/04/09 by Michaël Bishop, Adam Feltz, Paul Conway · 1 voice
Social Sciences · Medicine · Psychology · #Education and Critical Thinking Development #Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills #Behavioral and Psychological Studies

paper · doi:10.1037/xap0000571

Abstract

> 0.80) and persisted at least 16 months after the class ended. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

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• I love seeing cross-disciplinary research on promoting critical thinking. This course reduced students' susceptibility to some logical fallacies. Yet, if like me you think critical thinking is more th [bsky, 13 points, 2 comments]

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