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How Does The Mind How Does The Mind Decide What To Think?Decide What To Think?
How Does The Mind How Does The Mind Decide What To Think?Decide What To Think?
And What Can You Do About It?And What Can You Do About It?
Prime Directives Of The Human Mind
Do What’s NecessaryDo What’s Necessary to Learn the Truth to Learn the Truth
Do What’s NecessaryDo What’s Necessary to Learn the Truth to Learn the Truth
Sucking on Elbows, Walking into WallsSucking on Elbows, Walking into Walls Law of Effect (Real and Vicarious)Law of Effect (Real and Vicarious) Freud: Reality PrincipleFreud: Reality Principle Piaget: Internal & External PushPiaget: Internal & External Push Toward TruthToward Truth Evolutionary PsychologyEvolutionary Psychology
(What if we didn’t have the imperative to Learn(What if we didn’t have the imperative to Learn
the Truth?)the Truth?)
Do What’s NecessaryDo What’s Necessary to Learn the Truth to Learn the Truth
Sucking on Elbows, Walking into WallsSucking on Elbows, Walking into Walls Law of Effect (Real and Vicarious)Law of Effect (Real and Vicarious) Freud: Reality PrincipleFreud: Reality Principle Piaget: Internal & External PushPiaget: Internal & External Push Toward TruthToward Truth Evolutionary PsychologyEvolutionary Psychology
(What if we didn’t have the imperative to Learn(What if we didn’t have the imperative to Learn
the Truth?)the Truth?)
DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TODO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO AVOID AVOID INFORMATION OVERLOADINFORMATION OVERLOAD
DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TODO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO AVOID AVOID INFORMATION OVERLOADINFORMATION OVERLOAD
Gestalt Principle: Mind Molds Simplicity Gestalt Principle: Mind Molds Simplicity LimitationsLimitations
Working Memory Working Memory De-selection for processing De-selection for processingRetrieval Retrieval Lost Links Lost Links
HeuristicsHeuristicsDecision Rules (E.G., Shopping For Detergent)Decision Rules (E.G., Shopping For Detergent)Sacrifice Best For Good-EnoughSacrifice Best For Good-Enough
StereotypingStereotyping Cognitive BiasesCognitive Biases
FAE – Fundamental Attribution ErrorFAE – Fundamental Attribution ErrorCognitive ConsistencyCognitive ConsistencyMere ExposureMere ExposureEarly (Implicit) Conditioning Early (Implicit) Conditioning Schemas and Scripts Schemas and Scripts
DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TODO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO AVOID AVOID INFORMATION OVERLOADINFORMATION OVERLOAD
Gestalt Principle: Mind Molds Simplicity Gestalt Principle: Mind Molds Simplicity LimitationsLimitations
Working Memory Working Memory De-selection for processing De-selection for processingRetrieval Retrieval Lost Links Lost Links
HeuristicsHeuristicsDecision Rules (E.G., Shopping For Detergent)Decision Rules (E.G., Shopping For Detergent)Sacrifice Best For Good-EnoughSacrifice Best For Good-Enough
StereotypingStereotyping Cognitive BiasesCognitive Biases
FAE – Fundamental Attribution ErrorFAE – Fundamental Attribution ErrorCognitive ConsistencyCognitive ConsistencyMere ExposureMere ExposureEarly (Implicit) Conditioning Early (Implicit) Conditioning Schemas and Scripts Schemas and Scripts
DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO FEEL DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO FEEL GOOD AND NOT FEEL BADGOOD AND NOT FEEL BAD
DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO FEEL DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO FEEL GOOD AND NOT FEEL BADGOOD AND NOT FEEL BAD
Freud: Pleasure PrincipleFreud: Pleasure Principle Rogers: Organismic Rogers: Organismic Introjected Values Introjected Values Mature Mature
ValuesValues Self-Serving BiasSelf-Serving Bias
Lake Wobegone EffectLake Wobegone EffectDownward Vs. Upward Social ComparisonDownward Vs. Upward Social ComparisonAttributional Style (Optimistic Vs. Depressive)Attributional Style (Optimistic Vs. Depressive)
Internal Vs. External AttribInternal Vs. External AttribStable Vs. UnstableStable Vs. UnstableGlobal Vs. SpecificGlobal Vs. Specific
Rationalization vs. Rational ThinkingRationalization vs. Rational Thinking
DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO FEEL DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO FEEL GOOD AND NOT FEEL BADGOOD AND NOT FEEL BAD
Freud: Pleasure PrincipleFreud: Pleasure Principle Rogers: Organismic Rogers: Organismic Introjected Values Introjected Values Mature Mature
ValuesValues Self-Serving BiasSelf-Serving Bias
Lake Wobegone EffectLake Wobegone EffectDownward Vs. Upward Social ComparisonDownward Vs. Upward Social ComparisonAttributional Style (Optimistic Vs. Depressive)Attributional Style (Optimistic Vs. Depressive)
Internal Vs. External AttribInternal Vs. External AttribStable Vs. UnstableStable Vs. UnstableGlobal Vs. SpecificGlobal Vs. Specific
Rationalization vs. Rational ThinkingRationalization vs. Rational Thinking
DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO FIND DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO FIND (OR MAKE) MEANING AND VALUE(OR MAKE) MEANING AND VALUE
DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO FIND DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO FIND (OR MAKE) MEANING AND VALUE(OR MAKE) MEANING AND VALUE
Effectance Effectance (Why did Mark keep swearing at his (Why did Mark keep swearing at his dad?)dad?)
Effort JustificationEffort Justification TranscendenceTranscendence
Terror Management TheoryTerror Management Theory
Frankl: (Who Survived The Camps)Frankl: (Who Survived The Camps) Tragedy Paradox (e.g., child’s illness)Tragedy Paradox (e.g., child’s illness)
DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO FIND DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO FIND (OR MAKE) MEANING AND VALUE(OR MAKE) MEANING AND VALUE
Effectance Effectance (Why did Mark keep swearing at his (Why did Mark keep swearing at his dad?)dad?)
Effort JustificationEffort Justification TranscendenceTranscendence
Terror Management TheoryTerror Management Theory
Frankl: (Who Survived The Camps)Frankl: (Who Survived The Camps) Tragedy Paradox (e.g., child’s illness)Tragedy Paradox (e.g., child’s illness)
DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN SELF-INTEGRITYMAINTAIN SELF-INTEGRITY
DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN SELF-INTEGRITYMAINTAIN SELF-INTEGRITY
Davis Jr.: “I gotta be me.”Davis Jr.: “I gotta be me.” Leymore: Bi-Polarities (Good/Bad; Self/Other; Leymore: Bi-Polarities (Good/Bad; Self/Other;
Us/Foreign)Us/Foreign) Anecdote: Integration of South Boston HighAnecdote: Integration of South Boston High Anecdote: Sarah Lampert’s Son Caught Acting Anecdote: Sarah Lampert’s Son Caught Acting
StupidStupid Autonomy/ReactanceAutonomy/Reactance Ginott / Brickman: Persuasion Vs. AttributionGinott / Brickman: Persuasion Vs. Attribution Steve Piano Composition Model Steve Piano Composition Model (My Doodles vs. (My Doodles vs.
Alien Doodles) Alien Doodles)
DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO DO WHAT’S NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN SELF-INTEGRITYMAINTAIN SELF-INTEGRITY
Davis Jr.: “I gotta be me.”Davis Jr.: “I gotta be me.” Leymore: Bi-Polarities (Good/Bad; Self/Other; Leymore: Bi-Polarities (Good/Bad; Self/Other;
Us/Foreign)Us/Foreign) Anecdote: Integration of South Boston HighAnecdote: Integration of South Boston High Anecdote: Sarah Lampert’s Son Caught Acting Anecdote: Sarah Lampert’s Son Caught Acting
StupidStupid Autonomy/ReactanceAutonomy/Reactance Ginott / Brickman: Persuasion Vs. AttributionGinott / Brickman: Persuasion Vs. Attribution Steve Piano Composition Model Steve Piano Composition Model (My Doodles vs. (My Doodles vs.
Alien Doodles) Alien Doodles)
How Does The Mind How Does The Mind Decide What To Think?Decide What To Think?
And What Can You Do About It?And What Can You Do About It?
And What Can You Do About It?And What Can You Do About It?
How much truth do I need?How much truth do I need? How mindful can I afford to be?How mindful can I afford to be? Central vs. Peripheral Route to PersuasionCentral vs. Peripheral Route to Persuasion Central vs. Peripheral Route to SELF-Central vs. Peripheral Route to SELF-
PersuasionPersuasion GroupthinkGroupthink Intra-psychic Groupthink Intra-psychic Groupthink
