Good judgments do not require complex cognition

Marewski, Julian N.; Gaissmaier, Wolfgang; Gigerenzer, Gerd

Good judgments do not require complex cognition

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2010

Authors

Marewski, Julian N.

Gaissmaier, Wolfgang

Gigerenzer, Gerd

Publication type

Journal article

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Cognitive Processing ; 11 (2010), 2. - pp. 103-121. - ISSN 1612-4782. - eISSN 1612-4790

Abstract

What cognitive capabilities allow Homo sapiens to successfully bet on the stock market, to catch balls in baseball games, to accurately predict the outcomes of political elections, or to correctly decide whether a patient needs to be allocated to the coronary care unit? It is a widespread belief in psychology and beyond that complex judgment tasks require complex solutions. Countering this common intuition, in this article, we argue that in an uncertain world actually the opposite is true: Humans do not need complex cognitive strategies to make good inferences, estimations, and other judgments; rather, it is the very simplicity and robustness of our cognitive repertoire that makes Homo sapiens a capable decision maker.

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150 Psychology

Keywords

Heuristics,Ecological rationality,Cognitive capacities

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MAREWSKI, Julian N., Wolfgang GAISSMAIER, Gerd GIGERENZER, 2010. Good judgments do not require complex cognition. In: Cognitive Processing. 11(2), pp. 103-121. ISSN 1612-4782. eISSN 1612-4790. Available under: doi: 10.1007/s10339-009-0337-0

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@article{Marewski2010-05judgm-28040,
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  doi={10.1007/s10339-009-0337-0},
  title={Good judgments do not require complex cognition},
  number={2},
  volume={11},
  issn={1612-4782},
  journal={Cognitive Processing},
  pages={103--121},
  author={Marewski, Julian N. and Gaissmaier, Wolfgang and Gigerenzer, Gerd}
}

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