Cognitive Reflection Test CRT and Decision-Making 3

Question 1

Which cognitive system is responsible for effortful, deliberate reasoning in dual-process theory?

Accepted Answer

System 2

Answer

System 2 handles slow, effortful, and deliberate reasoning tasks.

Question 2

The CRT was popularized in a 2005 paper by which researcher?

Accepted Answer

Shane Frederick

Answer

Shane Frederick introduced the Cognitive Reflection Test in his 2005 paper.

Question 3

Why do many intelligent people still get CRT questions wrong?

Accepted Answer

They accept the intuitive answer without checking it

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Intuitively appealing but incorrect

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Prefer larger delayed rewards (patience)

Answer

Reflective thinkers more often choose larger, later rewards over smaller, immediate ones.

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