Verbal Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT-V)

Sirota, M, Dewberry, C, Juanchich, M, Valus, L, & Marshall, AC. (2020) Measuring cognitive reflection without maths: Development and validation of the verbal cognitive reflection test. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 1, 22. https://doi.org/10.1002/bdm.2213


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Description


References


Description:

Purpose

The Verbal CRT aims to measure the same construct as the CRT, which was designed to assess individuals' ability to suppress a default (intuitive) incorrect response in favour of a correct reflective response.
Questions

  • 10 problems with open-ended answers (scored as correct, intuitively incorrect and other incorrect responses)

Sub-scales

No subscales
Domain

Cognitive Ability: Specific
Sample items

  • The wind blows west. An electric train runs east. In which cardinal direction does the smoke from the locomotive blow?
    correct answer: no smoke from an electric train, intuitive answer: west
  • Mary's father has 5 daughters but no sons: Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono. What is the fifth daughter's name probably?
    correct answer: Mary, intuitive answer: Nunu


The full scale is available at https://osf.io/xehbv/ or at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bdm.2213

References:

Scale:
Sirota, M, Dewberry, C, Juanchich, M, Valus, L, & Marshall, AC. (2020) Measuring cognitive reflection without maths: Development and validation of the verbal cognitive reflection test. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 1, 22. https://doi.org/10.1002/bdm.2213

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