Peter Cathcart Wason, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Peter Cathcart Wason

British psychologist

Date of Birth: 22-Apr-1924

Place of Birth: Bath, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 17-Apr-2003

Profession: psychologist, university teacher

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Peter Cathcart Wason (22 April 1924 – 17 April 2003) was a cognitive psychologist at University College, London who pioneered the Psychology of Reasoning.
He progressed explanations as to why people make certain consistent mistakes in logical reasoning.
He designed problems and tests to demonstrate these processes, for example the Wason selection task, the THOG problem and the 2-4-6 problem.
He also coined the term "confirmation bias" to describe the tendency for people to immediately favor information that validates their preconceptions, hypotheses and personal beliefs regardless of whether they are true or not.