Blink‚ by Malcolm Gladwell’s‚ discusses the idea of thin slicing‚ the ability of our unconscious to find patterns in situations from small samples. Gladwell also delves into the positive and negative effects of snap judgments and how people come to conclusions withoutbeing consciously aware of doing so. One topic of the book that intrigued me was the research of John Gottman and Paul Ekman. Gottman is a psychologist and professor who has spent most of his career studying interpersonal relationships
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First Name Last Name Professor First Last Business Analysis and Decision Making September 24‚ 2014 To Think or Not To Think‚ That is The Question “Judgment matters: it is what separates winners from losers” (260). Blink by Malcolm Gladwell is a book about understanding how we arrive at the judgments we make. There are two ways that we make every decision: in the blink of an eye or with well thought out decision making processes. In this book Gladwell explores the many different ways
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Is there a misinterpretation of literacy? In Gees chapter the literacy myth and history of literacy he describes that the literacy myth is that being literate makes one smarter‚ more modern‚ and civilized. Being able to read and write are the only things that make people smart. In this chapter‚ Gee explains that being “smart” or literate does not add up to one’s personal value by explaining the differences and similarities between power and literacy‚ he gives examples of people who are illiterate
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Many of these ideas are applicable to the rest of our lives.In particular Malcolm Gladwell’s book explains a wealth of interesting information about humans and the way we think. Much of this information comes in discrete chunks‚ each of the results of a different social science experiment. The Love Lab‚ Marriage and Morse code‚and Importance of contempt. In these chapters Gladwell observes and explains how much you can find out about a person‚and relationships by watching clips to viewing a room
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E.D. Hirsch Jr‘s “Preface to Cultural Literacy” stresses the importance of facing the dilemma of cultural illiteracy of mostly underprivileged children and everyone in our society (33). He urges the educational and literate community to comprehend the natural laws that deem it necessary for society’s underprivileged youth to “remain in the same social and educational condition as their parents” (33). Hirsch asserts‚ “Cultural literacy constitutes the only sure avenue of opportunity for disadvantaged
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The Prison University Project is the only on-site‚ degree-granting college program in the state’s prison system. There are well over 100 teacher volunteers from schools such as UC-Berkeley‚ Stanford and San Francisco State. They go through three security checks to get into the prison. And then they hold classes in a nondescript trailer overlooking the prison’s baseball field Phillip Senegal and valedictorian Felix Lucero earned associate of arts degrees in 2009 at a ceremony in San Quentin state
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finding it surprisingly difficult to respond to Malcolm X’s “Learning to Read” excerpt. This‚ however‚ is not because I am an inarticulate writer‚ nor is it due to a lack of provocation from the piece. In truth‚ I believe that I am experiencing complications with my response because I find myself torn between two separate topics brought up by Malcolm X. On one hand‚ he discusses the massive importance of literacy and his own journey to self-obtain said literacy; however‚ on the other hand‚ it is mentioned
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philosophy that the pub‚ bar and tavern industry uses to analyse the needs of their customers and then create decisions to satisfy those needs”. Building brand loyalty is the key to the success of the marketing concept. The components of the marketing mix- product‚ promotion‚ place and price will provide a starting point to create requirements in developing appropriate marketing strategies for the industry (Jaray 2006‚ p.1) Market segmentation has specific expectations and bar‚ pub and tavern operators
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As seen in Blink‚ The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell‚ unconscious discrimination can be positive or negative. The election of Warren Harding is described by Gladwell as an error‚ as he proceeded to explain that President Harding was elected based more on his looks and personality than his competencies
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research was a restaurant and bar in Antioch‚ Illinois. This bar was called‚ “The Dirty Rooster‚” Jon Taffer was in charge of turning around this restaurant. Jon Taffer is the owner and chairman of a bar/nightclub consulting firm called Taffer Dynamics‚ Inc. Taffer is a bar and nightclub owner who has started‚ turned around‚ or owned over 800 businesses in his career that spans over three decades. The restaurant/bar that Taffer is rescuing on this certain episode of the show “Bar Rescue” is appealing to
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