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natalie2426 · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Compare System-1 and System-2 thinking approaches to human decision making and discuss the conflict of the two systems.

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Question 2

Because it is considered more useful for addressing novel and complex problems in a reflective and methodical way, System-2 is the mode of reasoned, informed, and thoughtful problem solving and decision making that a broad undergraduate liberal arts and s

iences education cultivates.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false

nickk12214 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

System-1 processing appears highly reactive, like a reflex automatically triggered by a stimulus. It is the rapid-fire decision making we all experience on some occasions. By contrast, System-2 reasoning is much more analytical, mindful, and meta-cognitive. It is the more reflective decision making we all experience on other occasions. System-1 functions in the background, or behind the scenes more than System-2, but each system is capable of overriding the other. Although colloquial expressions cannot be accepted as scientifically accurate, they reveal the behind-the-scenes pushes and pulls of the two systems. Some theorists suggest that, in certain kinds of ambiguous or complex situations, the two systems might conflict, drawing the decision maker in different directions. In general, this is thought to be an advantage that reduces the chance of making poor, suboptimal, or even dangerous errors in judgmenta natural system of checks and balances, as it were.

Answer to Question 2

True