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Jumping to conclusions

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Drawing a conclusion after comparatively limited evidence under a specified task. A beads task measures information sampling under particular demands, not a direct readout of every real-world belief process.
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Jumping to conclusions
An information-sampling task in which observations from a source are used to infer which source generated them. Decisions about when to stop sampling can investigate reasoning tendencies, with comprehension and task incentives affecting interpretation.

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