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decision making
You avoid thinking deeply even when you could.
Cognitive reflection is the tendency to override an intuitive, incorrect response in favor of a more deliberate, accurate one.
A 2005 study demonstrated that many people default to 'gut' answers that are mathematically wrong, even when a simple logical step would correct them. You often settle for the first answer that feels right.
Your intuition is often just an unexamined mental shortcut.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Shane Frederick, 2005
- What the check found
- The definition aligns with Shane Frederick's 2005 paper, 'Cognitive Reflection and Decision Making', which introduced the CRT.
- Confidence
- Well replicated
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