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MODULE 1 The Self of Thoughts Feelings and Behaviors
MODULE 1 The Self of Thoughts Feelings and Behaviors
Heavenly Father
Thank you for giving us a wonderful day here in school
Bless us and guide us as we study and pray
In Jesus name we pray
AMEN..
The Self of Thoughts, Feelings
and Behaviors
MODULE #1
UNDERSTANDING THE SELF
Feelings
*Even if every female student of Chinese Literature is artistic and loves poetry,
the population of Business Management students is so much larger.
( Burkeman , 2011)
Case #2
Imagine you’re a doctor, faced with the choice of operating on a
cancer patient or recommending a course of radiation instead. In the
long term, operating is best. But in this case, there is a 10% risk of
mortality in the first month following the operation.
➢Do you take the risk? Why?
*Only half the doctors asked a similar question would operate. But when the
10% mortality rate was rephrased as “90% survival rate,” 85% of the doctors
chose to operate. ( Burkeman , 2011)
TWO SYSTEMS OF THINKING
SYSTEM 1 SYSTEM 2
Fast Slow
Intuitive Deliberate
Emotional Reflective
Automatic Analytical
Less cognitive effort Complex
(due to practice) Effortful
Reflective
Stroop Effect
Are the
horizontal
lines straight
or not?
Functions of the Systems
•System 1 is capable of making quick decisions, based on very little
information
➢ Fleeting impressions, and the many other shortcuts you’ve developed
throughout your life, are combined to enable System 1 to make these
decisions quickly, without deliberation and conscious effort.
➢Which thinking
2x2= ??? process/system would
300 + 450= ??? you use in this situation?
➢ Caught between empty and
heavy lane, which road would
you take???
SYSTEM 1 - YES
PROBLEM assesses the
situation -tries to
solve it NO SYSTEM 2
-approaches the
problem in a logical
way
INTERACTION OF SYSTEMS 1 & 2
Scenario 2: When there is NO problem (or when stakes are low)
SYSTEM 2 -biased to
SYSTEM 1 DOUBT &
-biased to BELIEVE QUESTION... (but is
Everyday situations
with limited often busy & lazy)
information (e.g.
meeting a new Form opinions & jump
person) into conclusions
Adopt suggestions
with little
modification
▪Psychology researchers have found that the more complex a task is,
the more likely people are to engage in System 2 decision making.
Recognize the signs that you are in a cognitive minefield, slow down, and ask for help
from System 2
Identify practices and tasks that you do and the kind of thinking they demand
INTERACTIONS
SYSTEMS COGNITIVE GUARDING AGAINST
BETWEEN
1&2 BIASES COGNITIVE BIASES
SYSTEMS 1 & 2
Assignment #1
•Universality of antecedent
events elicit same emotions
across cultures
•Cultural differences
Cognitive Appraisal
“I must be completely
competent in everything I
do, or else, I am worthless”
“It’s my fault”
“I am a failure”
APPLICATION: DEPRESSION (Williams, et al.)
NEW STRESSOR BELIEFS are CONSEQUENCES
reactivated! Depressive
symptoms
—Søren Kierkegaard
Activity
Write about a personal challenge you are experiencing at present -
this may be a challenge in a relationship, or in school work, or some
other problem that is affecting your thoughts, feelings, and
behavioral responses or actions.