Cognitive Reflection Test CRT and Decision-Making 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which cognitive system is responsible for effortful, deliberate reasoning in dual-process theory?
- System 1
- System 2 (Correct answer)
- The limbic system
- The reflex arc
Correct answer: System 2
System 2 handles slow, effortful, and deliberate reasoning tasks.
Question 2: The CRT was popularized in a 2005 paper by which researcher?
- Daniel Kahneman
- Shane Frederick (Correct answer)
- Amos Tversky
- Richard Thaler
Correct answer: Shane Frederick
Shane Frederick introduced the Cognitive Reflection Test in his 2005 paper.
Question 3: Why do many intelligent people still get CRT questions wrong?
- The questions require advanced math
- They accept the intuitive answer without checking it (Correct answer)
- The questions are ambiguous
- They run out of time
Correct answer: They accept the intuitive answer without checking it
Even smart people fail when they fail to override the appealing intuitive answer.
Question 4: A CRT-style trap works by offering an answer that is which of the following?
- Obviously wrong
- Intuitively appealing but incorrect (Correct answer)
- Impossible to compute
- Correct but hard to reach
Correct answer: Intuitively appealing but incorrect
The lure answer feels right immediately, which is exactly why it misleads.
Question 5: Higher CRT scores have been linked to greater willingness to do what in financial decisions?
- Choose smaller immediate rewards
- Prefer larger delayed rewards (patience) (Correct answer)
- Avoid all risk
- Spend impulsively
Correct answer: Prefer larger delayed rewards (patience)
Reflective thinkers more often choose larger, later rewards over smaller, immediate ones.
Question 6: Which of the following best describes a 'heuristic' in decision-making?
- A guaranteed correct rule
- A mental shortcut that is usually fast but can err (Correct answer)
- A formal mathematical proof
- A memory technique
Correct answer: A mental shortcut that is usually fast but can err
A heuristic is a mental shortcut that speeds up judgment but can lead to systematic mistakes.
Question 7: Reflecting before answering a CRT question is an example of engaging which process?
- Automatic intuition
- Deliberate System 2 reasoning (Correct answer)
- Sensory perception
- Motor reflex
Correct answer: Deliberate System 2 reasoning
Pausing to check the intuitive answer engages slow, deliberate System 2 reasoning.
Cognitive Reflection Test CRT and Decision-Making 3
Which cognitive system is responsible for effortful, deliberate reasoning in dual-process theory?