Western societies usually cherish rational thought but distrust their feelings as sound basis of information. Contrary to this perception of feelings as being maladaptive, this contribution argues that fl uency experiences generally allow for valid judgments and decision. For this argument, we focus on the processes underlying the use of fl uency in judgment, in particular the two process steps of attribution and interpretation. We argue that these two process steps operate on swift defaults but are backed-up with sophisticated safety nets. Together, defaults and safety-nets allow for both effi cient judgment formation and generally valid judgments. We conclude that it is time to have more faith in fluency as information when forming judgments.
Dieser Eintrag ist Teil der Universitätsbibliographie.
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