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cognitive demand avoidance: a standalone construct

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Cognitive psychology

the tendency to choose courses of action that require less cognitive control when the outcomes are otherwise equal.

In cognitive psychology, cognitive demand avoidance refers to the tendency to choose courses of action that require less cognitive control when the outcomes are otherwise equal. This meaning comes from Kool (2010) in Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.[1]

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References

Kool, W., McGuire, J. T., Rosen, Z. B., & Botvinick, M. M. (2010). Decision making and the avoidance of cognitive demand. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 139(4), 665-682. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0020198

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