Mental shortcuts that help us make decisions more easily by allowing us to skip the effort of gathering considerable information and analyzing it thoroughly are known as
A) stereotypes.
B) heuristic devices.
C) groupthink.
D) wishful thinking.

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Heuristic devices are mental shortcuts that help us make decisions more easily by allowing us to skip the effort of gathering considerable information and analyzing it thoroughly. Stereotypes are preconceived notions about a particular group of people or thing, and may not be accurate. Groupthink is a phenomenon where a group of people make irrational decisions due to social pressure or conformity. Wishful thinking is a form of cognitive bias where an individual wants something to be true, and as a result, they believe it to be true without evidence.

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