Blink

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"Thin-slicing" refers to the ability of our unconscious to find patterns in situations and behavior based on very narrow slices of experience. Pg23

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Positive sentiment override vs negative sentiment override. "Will you shut up and let me finish?!" Two different paths... pg 30.

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Later psychologists reworked the study, but told people what to look for in marriage (defensiveness, stonewalling, criticism, and contempt). They scored 80%... not Gottmens 90%, but better than the 53% when people had all the facts, time, and data. Pg 47

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Chapter 2 summary. "Priming"... our subconscience mind takes in information and uses it. The word scramble example with polite or rude interruption results. The speed dating examples, conscience knowing what your want, but subconscience picking something else.

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The IAT test. Interesting. Tall people earn more and larger portion of CEOs. Not intentional discrimination, but interesting. Pg 88

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To change your IAT score or prejudice, don't retake test or "think equality", it's more fundamental to out yourself in situations that disassociate your prejudices. Pg 97

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Pg 136. Less is more. All Cook County hospital needed was the information to conduct its algorithm, any information about that wasn't helpful... in fact it was harmful.

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Pg 143. "When we talk about any analytical versus intuitive decision making neither is good or bad. What is bad is if you use either of them in an inappropriate circumstance"

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Ch. 5 summary. Kenna, Food testers, the difference between experts and non. Packaging and aesthetic influences on impression and taste.

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Pg 226, heart rates between 111-145 is optimum. Athletes have claimed that the game slows down and were able to triumph. Heart rates above 175 causes people to lose control and focus on the wrong thing (numerous police shootings).

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Pg 206, facial expressions can tell a lot. Voluntary or involuntary. Also, our facial expressions can influence our feelings. Study of people thinking about anger or doing an angry face had similar hear rate and arousal effects.

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Pg 259. Being able to act intelligently and instinctively in the moment is possible only after a long and rigorous course of education and experience

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Pg 265, the key to good decision making is not knowledge, it's understanding.