What Type of Decision Is Useful for Less Important Decisions

question 79

Multiple Choice

What type of decision is useful for less important decisions and should never be used for important decisions?

• A) heuristics
• B) satisficing
• C) persuasive
• D) intuition

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Definitions:

Beck

Aaron T. Beck, a psychiatrist known for developing cognitive therapy, particularly for depression.

Overgeneralizing

A cognitive distortion involving broad, sweeping conclusions based on a single event or piece of evidence.

Selective Abstraction

A cognitive distortion where an individual focuses on a single negative detail or event, often ignoring the broader context of a situation.

Dichotomous Thinking

A cognitive distortion involving seeing things in black and white categories or all or nothing terms, without recognizing the middle ground.