Mental shortcuts or ‘rules of thumb’ that allow people to solve problems and make judgments quickly and efficiently are called:

Topic: Cognitive Psychology
Subtopic: Problem Solving

AAlgorithms

BMental Sets

CSchemas

DHeuristics

Explanation

Heuristics reduce cognitive load during decision-making, though they can sometimes introduce systematic cognitive errors.

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