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Your brain prefers to avoid thinking deeply.
The cognitive miser theory suggests that you habitually seek shortcuts to minimize mental effort.
Instead of analyzing all available evidence, you rely on heuristics and stereotypes to make fast decisions. You only expend significant mental energy when you feel a strong personal motivation to be accurate, which is rarely the default state.
Deep thinking is a luxury you rarely grant yourself.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Fiske and Taylor, 1984, Social Cognition
- What the check found
- The definition aligns with the established psychological concept, and Fiske and Taylor's 1984 textbook 'Social Cognition' is the seminal work for the cognitive miser model.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
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