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Title: Although some social psychologists might argue that the cognitive errors discussed in this chapter ...
Post by: diptaafndya on Jan 21, 2018
Although some social psychologists might argue that the cognitive errors discussed in this chapter stem from laziness and motivational biases, there is another perspective that puts a more positive spin on this. Articulate the two main parts of this other, more positive, perspective.
 
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Title: Although some social psychologists might argue that the cognitive errors discussed in this chapter ...
Post by: antr on Jan 21, 2018
a . The first part of the more positive view of cognitive errors is that people evolved the ability to think to promote the ability to argue with and influence others.
b. The second prong of this view is that heuristics actually work quite well. Much of the time in the real world, we do not have access to full information required for purely logical processing. Heuristics and intuition help us make good decisions in these sorts of circumstances.