Practise IB Psychology SL 2.2.6 by explaining intuitive and deliberate thinking in decision-making using a relevant model and study.
Explain intuitive (automatic) thinking with reference to one relevant study.
Refer to the paper 1 section A markbands when awarding marks.
The command term "explain" requires candidates to give a detailed account, including reasons or causes, of intuitive (automatic) thinking with reference to one relevant study
The account of the term may include a reference to any relevant theory or model on thinking and decision-making, for example dual process theory.
Relevant studies may include, but are not limited to:
- Stroop's (1935) studies on interference during a colour naming task.
- Alter et al.'s (2007) studies on the effect of disfluency on metacognitive reasoning.
- Tversky and Kahneman's (1974) studies on how different heuristics such as the anchoring bias, availability, representative heuristics, etc) influence decision-making in situations of uncertainty
- Tversky and Kahneman's (1981) study on the effect of framing on decision-making.
- Strack and Mussweiler (1997); Englich and Mussweiler (2001) on anchoring bias and decision
making.
- Hamilton and Gifford's (1976) study on how intuitive thinking is involved in stereotype judgements.
If a candidate refers to more than one study, credit should only be given to the first study.
If a candidate explains intuitive (automatic) thinking without making a reference to a study, up to a maximum of [5] should be awarded.
If a candidate addresses an appropriate study without referring to intuitive (automatic) thinking, up to a maximum of [4] should be awarded.