SOC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sports Game, Working Poor
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The two brains (thinking and processing) (we are born with this way of thinking). Two types: fast brain automatic, quick thinking, makes quick judgements, reacts quickly, requires little or no effort, is involuntary, and cannot be turned off . Detect if one object is more distant than another. Arguing around a baby, perceiving and processing the environment. Perceive a person out of the corner of our eye". Talk on a cell phone while driving, and not kill ourselves (multitasking, we don"t have to think about it, just happens ). Encodes learned info into memory and can easily access and retrieve the info. Reacts on the basis of learned info (whether true or false). Alcohol), certain emotions, turn off" the slow brain, or make it harder to engage. Focus attention on a sports game, especially a particular play in the game. Look for a specific person in a crowded room.
