Despite how hard you studied and how prepared you feel, there are times during a test when you just have to make your way to know the answer – that is if you know that you have no vision what the answer is.
Whatever the reason is, there’s only one thing left to do: GUESS, TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS, or REVISE!
But will guesses, revisions and instincts give finest solutions?
Well, it has been a popular belief that first instincts are extraordinary, but psychological research has illustrated that they are frequently no better than an alteration or change.
However, there are valuable truth when anyone who has ever made a decision in real life will certainly retort, “I remember times when I made a correct choice, then changed my mind and was wrong.”
There is actually an explanation for this:
First, humans naturally have something called an endowment bias, where we feel strongly attached to things we already have and that’s our first instinct. We don’t want to give it up, and we feel especially bad when we give it up and it turns out later to be correct. We remember these instances vividly and thus they seem to be very common, even though all research shows that they are less common.
Second reason is sometimes first instincts actually are correct. The problem is figuring out when to trust yourself and when to change course.
Guessing, on the other hand, might seem like a random action, but there’s actually some logic and skill involved. There are a few different types of guessing:
Educated Guessing – One should choose the best possible answer based on all the information available.
Meta-Guessing – Don’t stare at the question, just the answers.
The Hail Mary – Indiscriminately choosing an answer.
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