1. EES 310: Applied Critical Thinking Decision Making
Castaway
EES 310: Applied Critical Thinking Decision Making
Dr. Wanju Huang

2. “Do you know how many decisions you make in a typical day?”
Sheena Iyengar: How to make choosing easier?

4. System 1 vs. System 2

5. System 1 vs. System 2
System 1 operates automatically and quickly, with little or no effort and no sense of voluntary control.
System 2 allocates attention to the effortful mental activities that demand it, including complex computations. The operations of System 2 are often associated with the subjective experience of agency, choice, and concentration.

6. System 1 vs. System 2
2+2=?
17*48=?

7. System 1 vs. System 2
2+2=?

8. “This is your System 1 talking
“This is your System 1 talking. Slow down and let your System 2 take control.”

9. 4Cs cut - get rid of the extraneous alternatives;
concretize - make it real;
categorize - we can handle more categories, less choices;
condition for complexity - simple to complex
concretization

10. Paul & Elder: The art of making intelligent decisions
Systematic (reflection) One major decision at a time Knowing our ignorance
Paul & Elder: The art of making intelligent decisions

11. “To live to is act. To act is to decide.”
we make different decisions at the different ages
Paul & Elder: The art of making intelligent decisions