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.


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