People do not always have the time and mental capacity to make social inferences based on systematic and careful evaluations of social information. Therefore, people act as ____________ and use mental shortcuts.

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Cognitive misers refer to the idea that people conserve mental effort by using mental shortcuts or heuristics to arrive at judgments and decisions without thorough evaluation of information. They rely on quick and easy methods of judging situations and people based on limited information.

People Do Not Always Have the Time and Mental Capacity