According to the cooperative principle of conversation that governs social discourse, listeners expect speakers to be relevant, truthful, and informative. The applicability of the cooperative principle was varied to explore the impact of conversational principles on the apparent overreliance of individuals on nondiagnostic person information (NPI) at the expense of base-rate information (BSI). 44 German… Continue reading Base rates, representativeness, and the logic of conversation: The contextual relevance of ‘irrelevant’ information