Word: automaticism
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"There are two systems for analyzing risk: an automatic, intuitive system and a more thoughtful analysis," says Paul Slovic, professor of psychology at the University of Oregon. "Our perception of risk lives largely in our feelings, so most of the time we're operating on system No. 1."
Just how far are conservatives willing to go? Far, according to a bill pre-filled this week by Republican state Rep. Leo Berman, who serves a onservative constituency in the east Texas town of Tyler, "the rose capital of the nation." Under Berman's bill, children born in Texas to...
That was the objective when the Iraqi government announced in March that they had executed an infamous psychopath and insurgent hit man named Shukair Farid, "the butcher of Mosul," whose gang slaughtered more than 200 during a yearlong rampage in the northern city. Farid, a police lieutenant, had gained fame...
Winning the Ivy title gave the Crimson an automatic entry into the 48-team tournament. The NCAA selection committee grants every conference winner an automatic bid and selects 26 additional ‘at-large’ teams. The only other Ivy team in the tournament, Brown University, received one...
For example, we ought to require every undergraduate to pass an armed combat test. That’s certainly relevant to our modern world and should be a proposed requirement in the field, “The United States and the World.” You would be astonished at...