Talk:Cognitive miser

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Cognitive miser is a fundamental topic in social psychology, and is related to the shortcuts people take when processing information. Mainly.generic 01:46, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think that this article could be improved with the use of more explanation of the concept of a cognitive miser itself, possibly a better clearer definition. It could also be improved with the help of some examples to demonstrate and make easier the understanding of what a cognitive miser is; when it is used; why it is used; under what situations it works; under which situation it fails; different types of cognitive misers; its effectiveness in marketing. The 'Updates and later research' section (which I think could be better titled 'Theory and research') should include more recent insightful research on cognitive misers. It should also address its application in everyday life, as well as its limitations or possible challenges or alternative theories. Also, with the addition of all of this comes the need for new headings to which the new content lies under. Thus, that will call for a need of adding more headings and subheadings as well as major restructuring and reorganizing of the article, in addition to ongoing editing for improvement. Nnassr (talk) 04:48, 29 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I can see, Taylor was the originator of the Cognitive Miser. She wrote a chapter in "Cognition, social behavior, and the environment", published 1981 ^[1], three years before the mentioned, sadly unreferenced, 1984. In the chapter, she explicitly mentions the 'person as cognitive miser'. Sovspape (talk) 12:38, 6 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Taylor and Fiske were co-authoring publications as far back as 1978 - Fiske was Taylor's student, but they are only separated by five years. Taylor was the author of chapter 10 in the book you mention, Fiske of chapter 12 - both chapters discuss the cognitive miser theory, the Taylor chapter mentions the Fiske chapter, and vice-versa. One cookie (talk) 08:13, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]