KembaraXtra-Psychology - atmosphere hypothesis
The atmosphere hypothesis proposes that mistakes in judging syllogistic validity can occur because people are biased to accept conclusions that reuse the same quantifiers or logical terms found in the premises. A classic example is the invalid syllogism: “Some professors are logicians; Some logicians are absent-minded; Therefore, some professors are absent-minded,” which is often wrongly accepted because its form is repeated and the conclusion seems believable. It is compared with the belief-bias effect and the conversion hypothesis.