Describe How the Use of Research Designs Protects Us from Heuristics

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Essay

Describe how the use of research designs protects us from heuristics and cognitive biases.

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Definitions:

Scripts

In cognitive psychology, sequences of expected behaviors, roles, and actions in particular social or personal contexts.

Operations

Internalized actions that allow children to do mentally what before they had done only physically. Operations also are reversible mental actions.

Habits

Regular patterns of behavior that are acquired through frequent repetition and often occur subconsciously.

Multi-tasking

The ability to perform more than one task or activity simultaneously, though often leading to a decrease in performance or quality in the tasks.