ABSTRACT
Calibration is a term taken from quality engineering, used to refer to the operating characteristics of measuring instruments—specifically, the relationship between the measuring device and what is being measured. Cognitive psychologists have adopted the term to describe the process by which an individual makes sound judgments that are reasonably free from favoritism, bias, stereotyping and other factors that can distort reasoning. Cognitive science is the discipline that studies human reasoning and decision making. A major appeal of DPT is its universality. All other approaches to medical decision making, and all known features of the diagnostic process in particular, can be incorporated into DPT. The expanding number of stakeholders who are required to make diagnoses need to be taught the clinical decision making theory that underlies this skill. The Rational-Experiential Inventory (REI) developed by Epstein and his co-workers is a personality test that measures an individual's dispositions toward Type 1 versus Type 2 thinking.
