PSYC18H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Daniel Kahneman, Affective Forecasting, Jonathan Haidt
Document Summary
Dual process theory: system 1: emotional, system 2: cognitive. We do not always have sufficient time or mental resources to engage in effortful processing. System 1 is default, but can be overridden by system 2 when needed. Cognitive reflection task: a bat and a ball cost . 10 in total. The bat costs . 00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost: 10 cents (intuitive answer, 5 cents (cognitive answer) If it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets: 100 minutes, 5 minutes. In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Less likely to believe in paranormal phenomenon and supernatural agents (god, angels, devil) These things all seem to tap into one key concept: reliance on intuitions/feelings, which is negatively correlated with performance on the. Van"t veer et al. , (2014: participants are asked to memorize either: Condition 1: 2 letter sequence (e. g. , gh)
