Day 111 of 120 Logic Difficulty 6/10
CRT scores reveal who overrides their first instinct
Quick answer
CRT scores reveal who overrides their first instinct. Today's question (Cognitive Reflection Test) asks about a finding from Frederick, S. in 2005. The correct option is A tendency to override an intuitive (but wrong) answer with reflective calculation — full explanation, primary source, and glossary cross-links below.
Today's question
Frederick's (2005) Cognitive Reflection Test asks short questions like 'A bat and a ball cost $1.10. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?' Performance on the CRT primarily reveals:
Reveal the answer and explanation
Correct: B — A tendency to override an intuitive (but wrong) answer with reflective calculation
Frederick (2005) showed that very simple-looking questions reliably trigger an intuitive answer that is wrong (the ball must cost $0.10 — actually it costs $0.05). High CRT scorers tend to inhibit the intuitive answer, do the calculation, and arrive at the correct value. CRT scores correlate with patience in intertemporal choice, willingness to delay gratification, and resistance to a range of decision biases — over and above standard intelligence and numeracy measures. The test became a workhorse for studying dual-process reasoning and the role of reflective override in everyday judgment.
About the source
Frederick, S. (2005). Cognitive reflection and decision making. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 19(4), 25–42.
Every Cognition Bible question cites a primary source — a paper, book chapter, or monograph that exists, that we can point to on Google Scholar, and whose finding the question accurately summarizes. No fabricated authority strings, no name-drops without paper-level grounding.
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