When Deciding How to Vote, People Will Use Mental Shortcuts

question 29

Multiple Choice

When deciding how to vote, people will use mental shortcuts. Political scientists call these shortcuts

• A) rubrics.
• B) mapping.
• C) work-arounds.
• D) cues.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Heuristics

Human decision-making shortcuts people rely on to expedite their judgments about what to believe or what to do.

Self-Regulation

A process in which one monitors one's cognitive activities, the elements used in those activities, and the results educed, particularly by applying skills in analysis, and evaluation to one's own inferential judgments with a view toward questioning, confirming, validating, or correcting either one's reasoning or one's results.

False Positives

Instances in which a test incorrectly indicates the presence of a condition or attribute.

Critical Thinking

The process of purposeful, reflective judgment. Critical thinking manifests itself in giving reasoned and fair-minded consideration to evidence, conceptualizations, methods, contexts, and standards in order to decide what to believe or what to do.