ABSTRACT
We think the answer is “No,” because people often seem to lack logic in everyday reasoning tasks. Humans are not logical machines, so we make numerous errors and are vulnerable to reasoning biases (Evans, 1989; Evans, Newstead & Byrne, 1993; Tversky & Kahneman, 1983). Being “illogical” and committing errors when making everyday choices is normal. These mistakes are adaptive for the situation, otherwise they would not exist. The aim of this chapter is to address how cognition in everyday life may differ from cognition within the psychological laboratory, and we will also examine how we can adapt reasoning to our environment.
