People Are Likely to Use Automatic Processing When ________

question 93

Multiple Choice

People are likely to use automatic processing when ________.

• A) their subject knowledge of the issue is high
• B) their interest level in the issue is high
• C) their usage of heuristics related to the issue is high
• D) their need for cognition is high
• E) their reliance on logics and facts to make a decision is high

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Definitions:

Directional

Pertaining to or indicating the direction in which something is moving or facing; also refers to evolutionary changes in a population that favor a specific set of traits.

Stabilizing

A type of natural selection that favors the average individuals in a population, thus maintaining the population’s genetic stability over time.

Disruptive

Pertaining to a type of natural selection that favors extreme values of a trait over intermediate values, potentially leading to speciation.

Disruptive Selection

A type of natural selection that favors extreme values of a trait over intermediate values, leading to two or more contrasting phenotypes in the population.