When Asked to Introspect About Their Reasons for Making a Particular

question 38

Multiple Choice

When asked to introspect about their reasons for making a particular choice, participants

• A) sometimes offer an explanation with great confidence even though the explanation names factors that they know to be irrelevant and leaves out factors that they know to be crucial.
• B) can usually specify their reasons and can also report on the processes used for selecting the reasons.
• C) often have no idea about their reasons, but if they are able to report their reasons, they are likely to be correct.
• D) report their reasons in general terms but do so with little confidence.

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