PY1101 Lecture 6: Explicit and Implicit Thinking
14 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Explicit and Implicit Thinking
Explicit Cognition
Unconscious influences that influence a person’s behaviour even though they have no
concisions awareness of those influences
E.g. playing a new video game
Implicit Cognition
Cognition outside of conscious awareness / second nature
E.g. memory knowledge or perception: Recognising emotion on someone’s face
Analytical Decision Making
Decision making is the selection of a procedure to weigh alternatives and find a solution to a
problem.
E.g. deciding whether to come to uni or play video games
Intuitive Decision Making
Instincts, going with gut feeling
E.g. saying yes to getting another drink / not really thinking about it
Thinking, Fast and Slow
System 1: operates automatically and quickly with little or no effort and no sense of
voluntary control
- Fast
System 2: Allocates attention to the effort mental activates that demand it, including
complex compulations.
- Slow
Questions
Examples of behaviours can you think of that may be primarily influenced by system 1 and
system 2?
System 1 – anger, good at a sport,
System 2 - learning a new skill, studying,
What are the strengths and weaknesses of System 1?
Strengths: instant gratification, immediate response
Weaknesses: can be error associated, based on our emotions
What are the strengths and weakness of System 2?
Strengths: all detail, all options, more accurate + less mistakes
Weaknesses: time consuming
Document Summary
Unconscious influences that influence a person"s behaviour even though they have no concisions awareness of those influences. Cognition outside of conscious awareness / second nature. E. g. memory knowledge or perception: recognising emotion on someone"s face. Decision making is the selection of a procedure to weigh alternatives and find a solution to a problem. E. g. deciding whether to come to uni or play video games. E. g. saying yes to getting another drink / not really thinking about it. System 1: operates automatically and quickly with little or no effort and no sense of voluntary control. System 2: allocates attention to the effort mental activates that demand it, including complex compulations. System 1 anger, good at a sport, System 2 - learning a new skill, studying, Weaknesses: can be error associated, based on our emotions. Strengths: all detail, all options, more accurate + less mistakes. Depending on the situation you can choose which system is more appropriate.
