Blink
Test your knowledge with 45 questions across 3 challenge tiers
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Malcolm Gladwell
The journalist and author who wrote Blink exploring rapid cognition and snap judgments
Gladwell examines when instant judgments are reliable and when they lead us astray
Thin-Slicing
The ability to find patterns and make judgments based on narrow slices of experience
Thin-slicing allows accurate assessment from brief observations like seconds of video
The Adaptive Unconscious
The part of the brain that processes information and makes judgments without conscious awareness
The adaptive unconscious works rapidly behind the scenes before we consciously think
Rapid Cognition
The kind of thinking that happens in the blink of an eye before deliberate analysis
Rapid cognition can be surprisingly accurate or dangerously biased depending on conditions
The Warren Harding Error
When superficial characteristics like appearance lead to mistaken judgments
Harding became president partly because he looked presidential despite lacking qualification
Priming
When exposure to stimuli unconsciously influences subsequent behavior and judgments
Priming shows how subtle cues affect behavior without conscious awareness
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