Skip to main content
Taylor & Francis Group Logo
Advanced Search

Click here to search books using title name,author name and keywords.

  • Login
  • Hi, User  
    • Your Account
    • Logout
Advanced Search

Click here to search books using title name,author name and keywords.

Breadcrumbs Section. Click here to navigate to respective pages.

Chapter

Nonmotivational Anomaly Types

Chapter

Nonmotivational Anomaly Types

DOI link for Nonmotivational Anomaly Types

Nonmotivational Anomaly Types book

Nonmotivational Anomaly Types

DOI link for Nonmotivational Anomaly Types

Nonmotivational Anomaly Types book

ByDavid B. Leake
BookEvaluating Explanations

Click here to navigate to parent product.

Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1992
Imprint Psychology Press
Pages 20
eBook ISBN 9781315807072

ABSTRACT

The previous chapter discusses anomalies that arise from conflicts with our predictions about actors’ plan choices. However, we also depend on many other types of predictions. In order to anticipate others’ actions and their effects, we predict the course of steps in a chosen plan and also predict the plan’s final outcome. To guide our behavior and control our environment, we predict the course of chains of events in the physical world and predict the behavior of devices. In order to decide when to believe new information, we predict whether information is likely to accurate. When the world deviates from any of these expectations, we need to explain, to predict better next time. For explanation to be feasible, we need to focus the explanation effort: Our anomaly vocabulary must characterize these types of anomalies as well.

T&F logoTaylor & Francis Group logo
  • Policies
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Cookie Policy
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Cookie Policy
  • Journals
    • Taylor & Francis Online
    • CogentOA
    • Taylor & Francis Online
    • CogentOA
  • Corporate
    • Taylor & Francis Group
    • Taylor & Francis Group
    • Taylor & Francis Group
    • Taylor & Francis Group
  • Help & Contact
    • Students/Researchers
    • Librarians/Institutions
    • Students/Researchers
    • Librarians/Institutions
  • Connect with us

Connect with us

Registered in England & Wales No. 3099067
5 Howick Place | London | SW1P 1WG © 2021 Informa UK Limited