As humans, we are always reacting to someone else’s actions. The Illusion of Conscious Will by Daniel. M Wenger and Blink by Malcom Gladwell the books talked about a person’s psychological thinking and how we interact with other people’s actions. These books shine a light on why we act a certain way while thinking. The books also gave me a different perspective about we interact with each other. There were many concepts that were introduced in these books like unconscious will, priming, and forced will. These concepts made me think differently on other people’s actions.
Forced will is when an outside source is affecting an action. Outside sources can be standards, social cues and gestures. It can also can be from voluntary or involuntary experiences. …show more content…
You consciously want to take part of an action for it to become a voluntary action. “Intention is normally understood as an idea of what one is going to do that appears in consciousness just before one does it” (Wegner). This quote is means that intention is an idea that was thought of before that action takes place. Most of our actions are voluntary. For an example, I am typing this paper to get a grade. This action as thought because I must think about what words that I am typing on this paper. This action also has purpose being I am trying to get a grade from this paper. Involuntary action is when an action is being done without conscious thought. An example of an involuntary action is when a flying object is coming my way, my involuntary action would be to move out the way. I have an involuntary action that causes me to flinch whenever something come towards my face. I never had to think about flinching it just …show more content…
While thin-slicing, we are making inferences on someone’s behaviors and trying to figure out their personality. There three clues in a person’s bedroom where you can tell what kind of personality they would have. These three clues are identity claims, behavioral residue, and thoughts and feeling regulators. Identity claims are how we want to be seen by the world like having a mission trip picture on a desk to show how a person is giving and board- minded about the world. Behavioral residue is how the room is set up. If the room has dirty clothes all over the floor, you can infer that the person is free spirit. If the clothes that are neatly in the closet which are sectioned by color, you can infer that the person is a neat freak and likes structure. Lastly thoughts and feeling regulators, which are changes in the room to affect the way we feel while in them. For instance, a person can have inspirational quotes written all over the walls to become inspired to follow their dreams. I do find myself judging people in my head. When I go to people’s house for the first time, I analyze how their house is set up. I judge and guess how their personal life must be like. I do the same for judging people. When I look at someone, I infer about how their life is like by their facial features and how they are dressed. After analyzing someone, I would never hold an opinion over that person and
Forced will is when an outside source is affecting an action. Outside sources can be standards, social cues and gestures. It can also can be from voluntary or involuntary experiences. …show more content…
You consciously want to take part of an action for it to become a voluntary action. “Intention is normally understood as an idea of what one is going to do that appears in consciousness just before one does it” (Wegner). This quote is means that intention is an idea that was thought of before that action takes place. Most of our actions are voluntary. For an example, I am typing this paper to get a grade. This action as thought because I must think about what words that I am typing on this paper. This action also has purpose being I am trying to get a grade from this paper. Involuntary action is when an action is being done without conscious thought. An example of an involuntary action is when a flying object is coming my way, my involuntary action would be to move out the way. I have an involuntary action that causes me to flinch whenever something come towards my face. I never had to think about flinching it just …show more content…
While thin-slicing, we are making inferences on someone’s behaviors and trying to figure out their personality. There three clues in a person’s bedroom where you can tell what kind of personality they would have. These three clues are identity claims, behavioral residue, and thoughts and feeling regulators. Identity claims are how we want to be seen by the world like having a mission trip picture on a desk to show how a person is giving and board- minded about the world. Behavioral residue is how the room is set up. If the room has dirty clothes all over the floor, you can infer that the person is free spirit. If the clothes that are neatly in the closet which are sectioned by color, you can infer that the person is a neat freak and likes structure. Lastly thoughts and feeling regulators, which are changes in the room to affect the way we feel while in them. For instance, a person can have inspirational quotes written all over the walls to become inspired to follow their dreams. I do find myself judging people in my head. When I go to people’s house for the first time, I analyze how their house is set up. I judge and guess how their personal life must be like. I do the same for judging people. When I look at someone, I infer about how their life is like by their facial features and how they are dressed. After analyzing someone, I would never hold an opinion over that person and