Thomas hoving and evelyn harrison and the an experts were instantly able to see behind the forgers artifice. A beautiful, beautiful book which deserves to be republished by a mass house and properly marketed. The cognitive theory behind this kind of strange, but natural, impulse called thin slicing is the main topic of blink. One might think that thin slicing is tailormade for stereotyping, since it involves judging a book by its cover. It presents in popular science format research from psychology and behavioral economics on the adaptive unconscious. These days, this process of making immediate judgments and drawing conclusions based on ones memory is called thin slicing. In the early chapters of his book, gladwell sketches out the basic steps and components of thinslicing. The power of thinking without thinking 2005 is malcolm gladwell s second book. Before the theory of thinslicing was proposed, most of the research. Our study shows that although nonverbal behavioral cues extracted from thin slices were not as predictive as when extracted from the full interac tion, they were. One of the most popular books on thinslicing is blink. The theory of thin slices in malcolm gladwells blink. He cites many examples which are also interesting to read.
The author says that decisions which are made instantly are far more fruitful than those made with long drawn research and logical thinking. This includes the first impressions of strangers with selfratings, being able to identify. Malcolm gladwells popular book, blink, describes the surprising power of. Malcolm gladwells blink is a fascinating exploration of rapid cognition, the thinking that takes place within the blink of an eye. It considers both the strengths of the adaptive unconscious, for example in expert judgment, and its.
Thinslicing is a term used in psychology and philosophy to describe the ability to find patterns. How a little bit of knowledge goes a long way summary and analysis. Humans can take a small amount of data a thin slice and draw conclusions from it using a combination of experience and intuition. The author describes the main subject of his book as thinslicing. The book is about making decisions in the blink of an eye, to be precise. A terrible title but a brilliant book, which totally changed my whole understanding of how we test for cancer and my understanding of statistics and medical knowledge and uncertainty. The dark side of thin slicing so far in blink, i have talked about how extraordinarily powerful thin slicing can be, and what makes thin slicing possible is our ability to very quickly get below the surface of a situation. Thin slices of nonverbal behavior in job interviews. Malcolm gladwell visited powells city of books on january 25. A few thin slices of malcolm gladwell powells books. Thin slice methodology has been researched and its accuracy has been demonstrated in a variety of areas.
But in fact, gladwell argues, thin slicing can be more fairminded and objective than rational assessment because it reduces the number of opportunities for easy stereotyping. At first glance you might want to think of rapid cognition as intuition or a gut feel somewhat of an emotional perception, unconscious or perhaps irrational. The theme of rapid cognition, thinslicing, and the adaptive. Get everything you need to know about rapid cognition, thinslicing, and the.