Dual process
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The account in which reasoning runs on two kinds of processing: one fast, automatic and built out of what you have already seen, one slow, effortful and analytic. The fast kind is accurate exactly to the degree that it has met this pattern before, which is why it fails hardest in situations that are new by definition.
How to spot it
Before you answer quickly, ask one question: have I seen this exact pattern many times, with feedback that told me whether I was right?
The research behind the term
The term is not our invention. It comes from published research, and what follows is what that research found — our own synthesis of the published abstract, not a translation of the original.
Evans, J. St. B. T. (2008). Dual-Processing Accounts of Reasoning — doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.59.103006.093612
The paper sets out the two-systems theory of thinking. The first operates quickly and intuitively, while the second is slow, logical, and analytical. This theory has had a major influence on cognitive psychology.
Practised in
The term does not stay a definition. It appears inside missions where the pattern happens in real time and you have to recognise it as it happens to you.
Sudden Pivot
Sources
Every claim on this page maps to published research. The citations link to the original source.
- Evans, J. St. B. T. (2008). Dual-Processing Accounts of Reasoning — doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.59.103006.093612