Definition
Plain language
A decision rule: just count how many cues favor each option and pick the majority, ignoring how reliable any source is.
As stated in the literature
An equal-weighting heuristic for multi-attribute choice that sums unit votes across cues regardless of validity; corresponds to the low-exponent endpoint of the non-linear subjective weighting model AutoCog recovered.
Why it matters: It captures the simple 'go with the majority of clues' strategy people sometimes use, serving as a baseline against more reliability-weighted ways of deciding.
For example, when choosing between two phones you just count how many features each one wins on and pick the one ahead on more, treating every feature as equally important.