PSYC18H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Jonathan Haidt, Blaise Pascal, Anchoring
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Dual process theory: system 1 emotional system. Can"t engage with this system if your mind is somewhere else. We do not always have sufficient time or mental resources to engage in effortful processing! A lot of problems don"t need system 2. If we use system 2 all the time, that"s a lot of mental resources to deplete all the time: 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. 5 minutes: in a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Participants who perform better on the crt are: more patient, more risk-averse, less likely to believe in paranormal phenomenon & 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 crt.
