Nathan McArdle
Mrs. Clark-Gonzalez
AP Rhetoric
September 8th, 2016
Gladwell, Malcolm. "1-3." Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking. New York: Little, Brown, 2005. 1-98. Print. In Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Blink, he attempts to prove that through a process called thin slicing people make preconceived notions about people based on several outstanding characteristics they may present. This subconscious thought happens in seconds leading us to never fully comprehend what we’d just thought, only that we now have a notion of what this person is going to be like and how they’re going to act based several outlying characteristics. During the introduction Malcolm Gladwell describes a statue a 6th century, B.C statue known as Kouros. At first glance experts knew that it was a fake, a manufactured replica, but they couldn’t explain how they knew that this was the case. Gladwell references this example throughout many chapters of the book due to the experts’ uncanny sense by their first look they knew something was the matter. …show more content…
He does this by describing the ability of John Gottman,a psychologist, who has the ability to identify the success of a couple's marriage based on observing them for 15 minutes, with a stunning accuracy rate of 95%. He does this by looking at patterns in how couples unconsciously treat each other which ranges from expression, tone, word choice, etc. Not all of it is subconscious he also can determine the success of a mirage based on the on a questionnaire that asks questions such as: “Are you sociable or retiring? Fun-loving or reserved?” or “Are you well organized or disorganized? Self disciplined or weak willed?” (Gladwell,35). Conflicting personalities can be a major problem, and an early warning sign in relationships. Through thin slicing Gottman can determine within the first 15 minutes of analyzing couples whether a couple will last or
Mrs. Clark-Gonzalez
AP Rhetoric
September 8th, 2016
Gladwell, Malcolm. "1-3." Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking. New York: Little, Brown, 2005. 1-98. Print. In Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Blink, he attempts to prove that through a process called thin slicing people make preconceived notions about people based on several outstanding characteristics they may present. This subconscious thought happens in seconds leading us to never fully comprehend what we’d just thought, only that we now have a notion of what this person is going to be like and how they’re going to act based several outlying characteristics. During the introduction Malcolm Gladwell describes a statue a 6th century, B.C statue known as Kouros. At first glance experts knew that it was a fake, a manufactured replica, but they couldn’t explain how they knew that this was the case. Gladwell references this example throughout many chapters of the book due to the experts’ uncanny sense by their first look they knew something was the matter. …show more content…
He does this by describing the ability of John Gottman,a psychologist, who has the ability to identify the success of a couple's marriage based on observing them for 15 minutes, with a stunning accuracy rate of 95%. He does this by looking at patterns in how couples unconsciously treat each other which ranges from expression, tone, word choice, etc. Not all of it is subconscious he also can determine the success of a mirage based on the on a questionnaire that asks questions such as: “Are you sociable or retiring? Fun-loving or reserved?” or “Are you well organized or disorganized? Self disciplined or weak willed?” (Gladwell,35). Conflicting personalities can be a major problem, and an early warning sign in relationships. Through thin slicing Gottman can determine within the first 15 minutes of analyzing couples whether a couple will last or