What an Individual Believes About What Contributes to His or Her

question 1

Multiple Choice

What an individual believes about what contributes to his or her success or failure on a task is known as

• A)metacognition.
• B)meta-analysis.
• C)pragmatics.
• D)attribution.

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Definitions:

System-1 Thinking

A fast, automatic, intuitive, and emotional way of thinking and decision-making, contrasted with more deliberate and logical System-2 thinking.

Situational Cues

Environmental or contextual signals that influence an individual's behavior, perception, or decision-making in specific situations.

Heuristic Shortcuts

Simple, efficient rules which people often use to form judgments and make decisions, sometimes leading to cognitive biases.

Stereotyping Heuristic

A mental shortcut that allows individuals to make quick judgments about people or situations based on generalizations or stereotypes.