Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Kahneman’s systems of thought is largely built on the framework of Stanovich and West (2000; as cited in Kahneman, 2003). It describes two types of thought processes: system 1 (perception and intuition) and system 2 (reasoning).

I wouldn’t recommend this book to the average reader. It is a bit hard to read because the author goes into so much depth that the reader could very often forget the main idea. It is a good, informative book but a bit drawn out.

I rate this book a 4. It was a great and interesting book, that hooks you in. it also has great message to teach. However the reason I did not give it a 5 was because in some parts there could have been a little more action or drama and details.In certain chapters

5. RATING: Rate this book on a scale of 1 to 10. What qualities of a good book does this novel demonstrate or not demonstrate? Why did you give this rating? What was your favorite part and why? Who would enjoy this

Challenges are all around us. Sometimes we face easy challenges and other times we face difficult challenges. In order to solve a problem, regardless of its level of difficulty, one must think critically and creatively in order to develop a satisfactory solution. As we try to solve the problems of our daily lives, it is important to examine any and all ideas. From the most mundane to the most radical, it is a healthy activity to express all ideas and do the filtering later. This paper will attempt to discuss and solve a problem I have some personal experience with. “It is one thing to have thinking skills and quite another to use them in everyday situations”

Thе writеr Sarah Susanka, thе author of "Thе Not So Big Housе,” oncе said that "Thе ability to think crеativеly, rеsponding to nееds and wishеs, not to prеconcеivеd idеas of what somеthing should look likе, thеn thе problеm will bе solvеd.” [SIC] What I think shе mеans by this is if you arе going to makе somеthing or do somеthing for thе pеoplе of thе world, don't assumе or prеtеnd you know what thеy want. Go out, ask thеm, figurе it out and thеn whеn you havе complеtеd thе finishеd product it will bе succеssful.

In We Learn Nothing by Tim Kreider “The Czar’s Daughter” and “Averted Vision,” both exchanges about only accepting certain details’ in a relationship and accepting what you want to see. I don’t agree with Tim Kreider seeing only part of what is going on is harmful for a relationship to grow any further than where it stand at that moment in time. Seeing the full reality of a situation help us living our lives, pushes us to reach our full potential in a relationship. When somebody only tells you parts of the details, what they are doing is hiding secrets behind their partner. Tim Kreider said “It turns out that when there is some conspicuous gap or contradiction at the center of someone’s existences, there is probably a very specific, obvious reason for it, and the reason you’re avoiding confronting it directly is that it’s something you don’t want to know” (Kreider, 2012, p.36). Ultimately, one needs to accept the situation to be with that person in a relationship or confront the situation with a chance of losing them. The quality of a relationship and where it goes is determined by our growing action to grow together closer to that individual. Having that support and strength to overcome any obstacle that life will throw at one is easier in an honest and respectable relationship.

     One may perceive the book’s structure to be loose and quite flexible; one finds that the fits and starts, and the shifting of lengths between chapters are the best way to convey the feelings/ meanings

When climbing a dangerous mountain such as Mount Everest, the ascender is bound to face challenges such as weather, oxygen, and food supply. I identify with Jon Krakauer in his memoir Into Thin Air because of his problem solving skills towards conflicts. Krakauer was a climber who had little experience at high altitudes, however, he ascended Everest for a report in “Outside” magazine. During the expedition, he faced many challenges. One of the most significant conflicts took place at the summit, but he overcame it. Granted, my struggle was not as challenging as Krakauer’s, I can still relate to these problem solving qualities greatly.

Individuals do this when they are not even thinking about it. Individuals do this when meeting new people, walking down the street, looking for a new shampoo, or even choosing a restaurant. What is it that individuals are doing you might ask? They thin slice constantly throughout their life and they do not realize it while it is happening.

|Information Processing |1. I.P was based on a computer model, examines each step of the thinking process. |

People have different ways of thinking whenever they have troubles and nobody will think “Think like a Freak” is also the way to solve the problems. It is very simple because they believe that thinking like a Freak is the thought of crazy people. Moreover, S.Levitt and S.Dubner had proved it opposite, in the book “Think like a Freak”, they give three suggestions on how to think like a freak: Don’t be afraid to say: “I don’t know”, think like a child and think outside the boundaries.

A famous sentence that every Cognitive Psychologist knows: "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously,” stated by Noam Chomsky, an American philosopher (15 Great Psychology Quotes). To translate this quote into daily life, remember that if people are not careful in their choice of language, they can also produce semantically meaningless sentences that have consequences other than what they intended. This fact is one of the many that students learn in Doctor David Johnson’s psychology courses, but not many students know about his life before he came to Manchester University as a Visiting Professor.

In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman depicts the two very different but harmonious thinking systems of our brains. They are conveniently labeled System 1 and System 2. System 1 is responsible for quick and instinctive thinking and decisions whereas system 2 is much more methodological and slow. An important aspect of both is attention – while one system hardly uses any (consciously), the other monopolizes it. I believe attention is an important feature of thinking, and psychology in general, since it is essential to everyday functioning and holds a central role in development. Early on in development, the system most used is System 1, and the use of System 2 is greatly increased and improved with age.

Every day individuals are faced with many different problems for example deciding what to wear, finding a suitable place to park your car or even completing an assignment. Whatever the problem is, ‘problem solving is defined as any goal-directed sequence of cognitive operations’, as suggested by Anderson (1980, p.257).