Create a 7 pages page paper that discusses cognitive reflection and decision-making. The theory states that human beings have inner drives that hold their beliefs and attitudes in disharmony or harmony (Broadbent, et al. 1982). Thus, people have to carry out actions that steer towards the acquisition of consonance for harmony to prevail. Contemporary society has been struggling to desist from the culture of perceiving and judging situations based on stereotypical beliefs (Friedman & Miyake, 2004). Stereotypical beliefs often relate people or groups of people from different societal backgrounds with their actions to describe their intelligence levels, behavioral characteristics, or even perceptions towards other subjects in their lives (Baer, et al 2006). The evolution of the cognitive reflection has led to the promotion of decisions in diverse orientations. hence, affecting different types of people and their subsequent races, ethnic groups, or sub-cultural divisions, and professions.

The media’s influence on the subject of decision-making is evident through the various materials presented to different groups of audiences. For example, television shows present Arabic characters as morons and easily angered for no apparent reason. The decision-making, however, based on racial grounds, is influential to the self-identification of the targeted audience (Frederick, 2005). Arguably, viewers are likely to conceive the message without any further trial to establish whether the characteristics presented through television shows depict the nature of all the inhabitants of the stated community. Therefore, the cognitive reflection influences the relationship between decision-making and self-identification by acting as a basis for emphasis on the existence of certain characteristics for different societies. hence, implying that the situation is constant and cannot change whatsoever (Broadbent, et al. 1982). The extent to which cognitive reflection emphasizes that the behavior of related individuals is always similar is a negative effect on self-identification.