Heuristics and Affective Influences Quiz

Heuristics and Affective Influences on Judgment

• Affective reactions can shape preferences and influence how we judge risks or benefits of a decision, particularly under time constraints.
• People draw on their affective, cognitive, and bodily experiences as sources of information in judgment, even when the task is complex.
• Corrections for affective influence on judgment can be motivated by metacognitive awareness.
• Judgments based on feelings are faster, produce higher consensus, and more strongly related to cognition.
• Gigerenzer's Fast and Frugal Heuristics include recognition, default, take the best, social circle, satisficing, equality, fluency, tit-for-tat, imitate the majority/best, averaging, choosing, tallying, and regret matching.
• The Recognition Heuristic infers that if only one of two alternatives is recognized, it has the higher value on the criterion.
• The Fluency Heuristic infers that if one of two recognized objects is more fluently retrieved, it has the higher value on the criterion.
• Information integration can be used to develop simple formulas for diagnosis or prediction, such as the Goldberg Rule for distinguishing neurosis and psychosis diagnoses based on MMPI scores.
• Judgment involves making a decision, conclusion, or choice, often motivated by generating judgments that satisfy rather than optimize.
• Affective influences on choice are often ignored in favor of conscious, controlled processes.
• Various biases and shortcomings can affect decision consistency and quality, although some decisions can be made easier and more accurate by relying on heuristics.
• The "feelings-as-information" approach to judgment highlights the importance of affective reactions as sources of information in judgment.

Test your knowledge on heuristics and affective influences on judgment with our quiz! From Gigerenzer's Fast and Frugal Heuristics to the Recognition and Fluency Heuristics, this quiz covers it all. You'll also learn about the role of affective reactions in shaping preferences and influencing decision-making. Take the quiz to see how well you understand the different factors that impact judgment and decision-making.