Individuals Often Rely on Cues and Instincts to Make Decisions

question 80

Multiple Choice

Individuals often rely on cues and instincts to make decisions, rather than on an analysis of detailed information. Scholars have termed such thinking as

• A) self-interest.
• B) low attention span.
• C) high attention syndrome.
• D) low information rationality.
• E) high information rationality.

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Definitions:

Performativity

A theory that suggests identity is constructed through the performance of actions in accordance with societal norms and expectations.

Ethnomethodological

Pertaining to ethnomethodology, a sociological perspective focused on the way people make sense of their everyday lives through the use of common-sense knowledge and procedures.

Doing Gender

The idea that gender is a socially constructed role performed by individuals, highlighting how actions and behaviors contribute to the perception of oneself as masculine or feminine.

Transgender

Referring to a person whose gender identity does not correspond with the sex they were assigned at birth.