Book: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
General Theme/Argument-
Kahneman discusses the themes of his book in context of the idea that the human brain operates on 2 systems, your conscious and your automatic subsonscious. Conscious thinking requires active thought and attention while the automatic almost requires no thinking at all- it's instinctual, driven into our brain.
Connecting the novel to ENT3003?
I believe the examples and practice that Kahneman refers to with his thinking made me think a lot about knowing my business and trying to sell it to others. There are questions about my business model that I need to be able to answer off the top of my head, with little to no deliberation needed. This also made me think about the countless individuals who rely on their automatic thinking every day in their jobs- people like ambulance drivers, heart surgeons, lifeguards, police officers, firefighters, etc.
Design an in-class exercise using these concepts?
I would like to create an exercise that clearly shows the difference between conscious thinking and automatic thinking. If we could create a game where students can test themselves by identifying their instinctual responses with things like reflexes for a ball thrown at you vs conscious thinking where you need to find how to escape a room. Students will here see the fundamental differences in how the two kinds of thinking work.
Aha Moment-
My "Aha" moment came when Kahneman was discussing examples of automatic thinking and asked why we immediately know to jump out of the way of a moving bus. I realized he was essentially talking about things that the body has memorized or ingrained to the brain. We don't brush our teeth because we think about making sure every part of our body is clean every night, we just identify what is important and memorize what is needed almost like a file that can be used for future reference. I liked this part of his discussion a lot, it made me think about mental programming a lot.
General Theme/Argument-
Kahneman discusses the themes of his book in context of the idea that the human brain operates on 2 systems, your conscious and your automatic subsonscious. Conscious thinking requires active thought and attention while the automatic almost requires no thinking at all- it's instinctual, driven into our brain.
Connecting the novel to ENT3003?
I believe the examples and practice that Kahneman refers to with his thinking made me think a lot about knowing my business and trying to sell it to others. There are questions about my business model that I need to be able to answer off the top of my head, with little to no deliberation needed. This also made me think about the countless individuals who rely on their automatic thinking every day in their jobs- people like ambulance drivers, heart surgeons, lifeguards, police officers, firefighters, etc.
Design an in-class exercise using these concepts?
I would like to create an exercise that clearly shows the difference between conscious thinking and automatic thinking. If we could create a game where students can test themselves by identifying their instinctual responses with things like reflexes for a ball thrown at you vs conscious thinking where you need to find how to escape a room. Students will here see the fundamental differences in how the two kinds of thinking work.
Aha Moment-
My "Aha" moment came when Kahneman was discussing examples of automatic thinking and asked why we immediately know to jump out of the way of a moving bus. I realized he was essentially talking about things that the body has memorized or ingrained to the brain. We don't brush our teeth because we think about making sure every part of our body is clean every night, we just identify what is important and memorize what is needed almost like a file that can be used for future reference. I liked this part of his discussion a lot, it made me think about mental programming a lot.
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