Social Psychology: Chapter 3 - Automatic vs. Controlled Thinking
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Controlled thinking examples
Deciding whether or not to: take a certain job what university to attend what academic major to pursue where to love what car to purchase
Controlled thinking
allows for you to plan, organize, make informed and well thought-out decisions
Automatic thinking
how people think about themselves and their social world
Controlled thinking
intentional, deliberate and effort-full thinking.
automatic thinking
quick, non-deliberate, reflexive, and seemingly minimal effort thinking that we engage most of the time.
Controlled thinking
you are able to suspend information and give consideration to a variety of potential actions and their outcomes.
