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There are a lot of good sides to thin slicing such as painting a big picture with just half the paint, but there are down sides. People can be too quick to judge others, because of their past experiences which are not always accurate.

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Gladwell shows that contempt is the biggest factor for a divorce. This is a big deal because if you begin a relationship with contempt than it is very likely the relationship won't last.

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Gladwell uses a cake as a analogy for thin slicing, which is very interesting because you don't need to eat the whole cake to find out the flavor, same with a person we can see their personalities very quickly and have a good idea of what they are like.

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When they did the experiment with the bedroom I found it interesting that "they were much more accurate at predicting both the students emotional stability and their openness to new experiences." Do you think that this would be a very consistent or good ways of forming opinions of people?

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On page 32 it says that "If you can measure contempt, then you don't need to know every detail of the couples relationship." I believe that with something as small as contempt the couples may not even notice this and it could lead to further noticeable problems that you could only find out through thin slicing and measuring contempt at that time.

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I do think that thin slicing is a good way to determine how a person will fit in with somebody else or their relationships. I believe this because when the couples were viewed in chapter 1 they had a 90% success rate at determining who would still be married showing that it has a huge success.

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Responding to the topic of split second decisions, which is discussed on page 36, i think that there are more negative than positive outcomes from making split second decisions because when you make a split second decisions, you are not fully thinking, you are usually going from right out of your mind, because believe it or not, we are not always correct.

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He explains thin-slicing on page 44, he says, "We thin-slice because we have to, and we come to rely on that ability because there are lots of hidden fists out there, lots of situations where careful attention to the details of a very thin slice, even for no more than a second or two, can tell us an awful lot." Here he explains exactly why they use thin-slicing.

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Some people are good at making positive decisions more than others because some people think through situations and really carefully analyze what would be the best possible decision for that specific situation. Some people do not think very carefully, which results to them not making the best decisions sometimes. (Responding to Ella

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we unconsciously thin slice people all the time and we dont even know it. thin slicing is a easy way to test if a relationship is going to last. on gadion.com they say that on mistake or bad judgement may be all that it takes to create a bad first impression, do you agree with this.

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What do you guys think of stereotypes, and how does it apply to thin-slicing? I personally believe that sometimes, we apply experiences from others and apply it to different people that are similar (such as in race, or gender). this essentially is the essence of stereotypes, just like how from the Tedx video we watched in class depicted a person sitting next to a unmannerly person at a football game, through this experience, that person might appy that knowledge to other people similar to the unmannerly person (either in looks or things like race and gender) in specific ways without even talking to someone. I believe this is a case in which thin-slicing is a horribel thing, becasue it causes people to make radical decision based on insufficient information. This has been seen in history before, for example during the civil rights era, many racists would have a bad experience with a minority person, and apply that same knowledge to the entire race, thinking that they are all the same, without even knwoing them. This proves a stagement Gladwell made on page 14 stating: "Decisions made very quickly can be every bit as good as decisions made cautiously and deliberately", in this case, the better idea would be to ue your conscious brain and think things over before making assumptions. This relates alot to life, for example, a common saying of don't judge a book by it's cover is an example of thin-slicing becasue using prior knowledge and experience, you make assumptions about something based on appearance without ever really getting to know the object or person.

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Thin-slicing is a term used in psychology to describe the ability to find patterns in events based only on narrow windows of experience. Gladwell uses many factors in determining whether or not a couple will be married in the future in a short amount of time. In my opinion, the most important factor is marriage and morse code. Galdwell could easily tell by the gestures that the couples do and use that to determine their future. Gladwell says that signs of contempt such as rolling your eyes will end up in a failing marriage. (Gladwell 11)

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i think it is interesting how gosling can predict a relationship. in the book blink gosling says that there are 5 things to measure people: extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to new things. do you think that this could be accurately used.

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An interesting point about thin-slicing is how it relates to probability. In probability, let's one out of every 3 dogs have brown fur, now this might not always be the case, as it is not guaranteed that for every 3 dogs that you pull out, one of them will have brown fur, they might all be white. However, as you look at thousands upon thousands of these dogs, the trend will become more and more evident because you have had more encounters to support your theory. This relates to thin-slicing, as according to Blink, thin-slicing is "the ability of our unconscious to find patterns in situations and behaviors based on very narrow slices of experiences" (p. 23 Gladwell), well the more "experiences" you have with a person, the more you get to know about them, and certain patterns and traits will become more evident, just like the dogs, and how the mroe dogs you see, the more evident the one out of three dogs are brown theory becomes. So can we really make assumptions on people based on "narrow slices of experience"? do you really have enough evidence to back up your theories? What do you guys think, do you agree, disagree?

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I agree with Cindy on her statement saying non-verbal cues, or body language as we like to call it, is more important than verbal cues. I can personally vouch for this because as a public speaking teacher, I have always taught my students that body language accounts for 55% of all public speaking and communiccation, whereas the words you speak only account for 7%. So to bring up another topic, do people recognize these small remarks in terms of body language? a lot of the times, only proffessionals can point out these small points so does it really affect interactions between people without this knowledge?

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I believe that non verbal cues are more important than verbal cues. For example, on page 24, Although Sue's tone was playful and light, Gottman noted that she constantly rolled her eyes. This shows that Sue was aggravated. However, it didn't show when she talked.

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I disagree with kendal, because she is basically saying that the vieo showed us that thinslicing isnt possible but just because you can just hear someone doesnt mean anything thin slicing has to do with narrow windows of experience and just talking to someone in a way they new they were being tested wasn't an accurate way to determine that because in the video we watched it said how just one experience can help you determine what that person will do jus twith those few seconds of experience in that other video it wasnt really a good example.

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Body language does in fact affect how others interpret what you say. For example if you are talking while rolling your eyes one might think it is coming off in a disrespectful way even though your tone might not be giving it that way. In fact, according to psychology today, 55% of 🤬 people interpret you is based on your body movement and emotion.

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I believe that although thin slicing is a very effective way to make a judgement on some one or something, regular everyday people may not be as well equipped or informed as a psychologist or someone like Gottman. For example, on page 23,  Gottman says that at first glance to a regular person, Bill and Sue may seem like an happy, easy going couple. However, Gottman knows better because he knows to look for small, subtle signs whereas a regular person would just look at Bill and Sue and see the image that they are trying to project. Signs that Gottman looks for are mentioned on page 32. (Defensiveness, criticism, stone walling, and contempt.)

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I agree with Jinu when he says that he believes that Bill and Sue are headed for divorce. I believe this because they both shows the 4 signs that Gottman mention are the 4 vital signs when looking for a coupe that will eventually divorce. On page 32, Gottman say that that the four signs he looks for when examining couples are defensiveness, stonewalling, criticism, and contempt. Out of those 4, Gottman note that Bill and Sue show 2. On page 24, Gottman notices that Bill is very defensive but is masking it by saying ""yes...but...". This makes it seem as though he is agreeing but in actuality, he is being very defensive. Gottman also notices that Sue shows contempt multiple times throughout the interview. Gottman notes on page 24 that Sue rolls her eyes whenever Bill talks ad id very inflexible and stubborn.

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I disagree with Gottman, because people tend to make incorrect assumptions based off “thin slicing”. We watched a video in class where 2 people would sit facing away from each other and make assumptions about each other appearances based off their hobbies, dislikes, and likes. Once they turned around they realized their description of the other person were incorrect. Thus including “thin slicing” is inaccurate and based off stereotypes.

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Another example of thin-slicing can be found in the article getting a grip in box 36 where the author ran a test with a jury and got "When conducting jury surveys, one thing that stands out is hoe jurors dislike it when attorneys hide behind the lecture."

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A major part of thin-slicing can be found in body language. Body language can help improve or deteriorate their misconceptions about you. For example, in box 35 of the article getting a grip, it says "Most successful speakers use very powerful hand gestures."

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Thin slicing can be found in many real-life examples like in first impressions. This was even shown in a test in the gum video that was shown in class

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Thin slicing does affect your everyday life. According to Psychology Today, thin slicing refers to observing a small section of an interaction, usually less than 5 minutes,and being able to accurately draw conclusions. Every day you make an assumption or judgement about someone just off 1 little detail

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Body language can determine a lot when examining people, when Gottman interviewed Bill and Susan they disagreed multiple times. Bill asked Susan for credit because he took good care of the dog, but Susan did not give him credit. On another occasion Susan rolled her eyes at Bill on numerous times (pg.24). Its quite obvious they had some tension in their marriage.

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In the book Blink there is one part where they started talking about doctors, and how if doctors spend just a few minutes talking to their patients, and acting more concerned for them there is a higher chance of them not being sued. All of the doctors who sound more confident and talk less to their patients have a way higher chance of getting sued if something were to go wrong.

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I found it really interesting how Gladwell could determine a couples future using his four horsemen. His four points that led him in his research where Defensiveness, Stonewalling, criticism and contempt.

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“When I first started doing these interviews, I thought maybe we were getting these people on a crappy day. But the prediction levels are just so high, and if you do it again, you get the same pattern over and over again” (Gladwell 27). This was interesting to me while I was reading because it shows that the results achieved by Gottman were much different then what he expected.

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I would like to add on to the conversation about impressions with a court case example. Judges like witnesses to show their hands during a speech. When witnesses do not show their hands, "...they assume that the person is holding back,or perhaps lying"(Getting a Grip).

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Liam brought up the topic of showing contempt in relation

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Liam brought up the topic of showing contempt in relationships. The thought of “...having someone you love express contempt toward you is so stressful that it begins to affect the functioning of your immune system” (Gladwell 35).  This is could add to the idea that contempt can negatively impact relationships.

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On page 33 gotthem says “ that the presences of contempt in a marriage can even predict such thing so as how many colds a husband or wife gets” and it brought up an interesting question as how can 10 minutes of Small arguments help to determine the well being of one s immune system.

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According to phycologist.co.uk, even if a trait is not in a human, if you see it on your first impression you can “expect a certain action you normally perceive even if it is not there.” That means your first impression is critical as even you may do something you do not usually do, it may take a while for a person to unsee that trait in you. While they may not be accurate, they are crucial.

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In blink, Amber Tabares goes on to say how a couple who will end in a divorce, when one partner ask so for credit the other spouse will not get it. In a happier couple, when one asks for credit, the other one responds with something positive, like you are right or yeah, indicating support. (Page 25) Because Bill does this quite often.

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Again referring to the book, on page 23 it says, "When out unconscious engages in thin slicing, what we are doing is an automated, accelerated unconscious version of what Gotten does with his videotapes and equations." This means people often thin slice without even knowing it, and we judge people based off a short first impression just like Gotten does.

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I agree with Chris's statement about appearances can influence how someone thinks about someone and then begin to bring up the Nixon vs JFK's oral argument. He stated that everyone who saw the debate thought JFK won and if you listened Nixon won the debate, because the way Nixon presented himself he seemed very unprofessional and he looked unprepared, while JFK was dressed formally and behaved himself like he was confident. This is extremely true, because at job interviews they person who’s interviewing you is judging you based off how professional you look and how you present yourself.

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i agree with Lidia because when in a relationship if something negative happens the relationship can only go down hill from there.

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I agree with Chris because I saw that presidential discussion. There is many more examples beacuuse there a

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In getting a grip, it states "human brain is programed to see slightest hand and finger movement". This can be dangerous if the brain becomes too unexperienced since people can be taken advantage of. To what point are you considered "good" in hand gestures?

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According to the article Getting a Grip, the author says that the successful communicators use “very powerful hand gestures”, such as in court cases, where people are trying to use their hand motions to plead their case, and that judges favor people who use hand motion to those who do not. I think hand motions are very important to help get your point across.

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Going off what Chris said, I agree with him because how you act on camera, at a job interveiw, really anything in person can greatly effect what people think about you, especially with first impressions.

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In the article Getting a Grip it says that humans are "hardwired" to look at how someone presents themselves rather than actually what they actually say

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I respectively disagree with Eshaan about characterizing people into character into specific traits. On a text/episode of Grey's Anatomy there was a couple who were generalized. One of the characters said their state was cold and silent. In reality the coldness is relaxation from the front the hard jobs they work and the wife always being silent is because the husband knowing exactly what she is thinking/wants.

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I completely agree with Chris because posture is a key thing when interviewing for jobs and job interviewers will notice little things that the interviewee does that might give him or her an advantage to get the job.

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I agree with what Josie said because first impressions are very important and normally th

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I agree with ella about needing a lot of information about people to make the wright assumption. On page 31, "Gottman has discovered that marriages have distinct signatures, and we can find them by collecting very detailed emotional information from the interaction of a couple."

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I agree with Josie and Marcello because a first impression is everything, thats what everyone remembers about you.

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ON Psychology today, it stated that there are micro and macro triats. Micro triats are traits that do not tell alot about a person, (vis-versa for macro).

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Adding onto what Danielle said about first impressions can help you in the long run, because in a Ted talk we viewed in class there was an example about a rowdy football enthusiasts who spilled food all over this guy. The next day it was raining and the guy forgot his umbrella, but the same football enthusiast offered him to share his umbrella and they stated that the guy would most likely decline the gesture due to his first impression with the football guy. The Ted-talk also stated that bad actions usually out-weights positive ones and have a greater impact on a person's image.

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On page 36 the Big Five questionnaire finds that people who do not know the person they are asked about, answer questions more accurately than close friends of those people. I think this is interesting how someone can judge someone so accurately from just a look at their room and their things.

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In the book on page 47 it says, "We're old hands at thin slicing." This means that people tend to thin slice everyday and we are basically used to doing it in our everyday life.

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i agree with lauren because you can’t fully understand a person from onenote aspect of them. it’s like the old saying, don’t judge a book by a cover. to be able to fully understand someone you need to be able to talk to them but and feel what they feel.

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In the book it talks about "The videotape of Bill and Sues discussion seems, at least at first, to be random sample of a very ordinary kind of conversation." At first i thought the couple would be okay, but as the book gets farther along theres more negative things about the couple. That gets me thinking they might not last.

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“People respond positively to effective hand movements.” I would add on to what the people who were discussing were saying by saying that’s this quote is very importantly since we often talk to people over text. When we do not have these hand gestures, we cannot understand that much of what’s they are saying.

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On page 21 it syas " Spaff, a coding system that has twenty seperate categories corresponding to every concievable emotion" I think this is really cool because most of the time people just make guesses on what the other person is trying to say bt with SPAFF, they can prove what the other persons emotions are.

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i agree with z that we make assumptions about one another subconsciously but i don’t be think it has everything to do with hands burbank they have more to do with emotions and preferences/viewpoints. Going back to chapter one, Gottman explains how he isn’t able to read facial expressions but i don’t think think that explains the full person in the front jest expression.

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I agree with Cassidy because almost every person judges people on the way they look and to say something about the new topic hand motions do intrigue people in a conversation and it shows people what personality you might have.

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The theory that the scientist have is that you can take a small piece of the "cake" and get a sense or taste of the whole cake.

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i agree with Lidia that in a relationship once you have a negative thing happen it will only go downhill from there

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Since the 1980s Gottman has brought more than 3000 couples to his "

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In the text it’s says, “What often happened couples who ended in a divorce is that when one partner would ask for credit, the other would not give it.” This is another thing that was happening with bil and sue.l

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i agree with halle p that it isn't our choice to thin slice

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Linda stated that you can see that the couple is still young and and there image on each other can be changed. On page. 27 it states "the ratio of positive to negetive is 1-5". A few negetive thoughts about each other can make a big impact.

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i agree with halle on thin slicing i definitely agree that people judge one another very fast.

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I would add on to Halle by saying that bill and sue seem to have a nice conversation, yet when you dig deeper, it is more passive aggressive.

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Can Thin slicing be possibly a positive factor in real life communications?

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I agree with Halle about the fact that we don't chose to thin slice. On page 43 Gottman says that thin-slicing is not an exotic gift:It is a central part of what it means to be human

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In an outside source, I read in an article by the America Psychological Association that Bernieri, a social psychologist said “We can be distracted by the most visible and salient aspects of a person’s personality.” I interpreted this by the fact that physical attractiveness and charisma can hide the inner layers of the onion. This relates to blink because in the text it talks about how first impression can lead to assumptions. One is not focusing on the inner personality and therefore I believe does not really know the person.

In section 6 of Blink, it also talks about how we base celebrities off of how they act of camera compared to how they truly are in real life. I can add onto this from a real life experience. I went to the American Music Awards last year and I noticed that many celebrities were not how I perceived them to be.888888i9i9i9999

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On page 21 of the book, it says" If he analyzes an hour of a husband and wife talking, he can predict with 95% accuracy" I dont really believe that can really be possible because events change all the time which will influence the relationship.

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So is thin slicing good , bad , or does it depend?

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I completely agree with what halle and isabella were saying about the dog and bill and sue.

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I wonder if the support nog

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In the book blink during chapter 1 it explains how people who study this kind of stuff specific topic can look at a relationship for a few minutes and can make an educated guess with a good percentage of being right if the couple will stay with each other for more upcoming years to come.

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Since the the 1980s Gottman has brought more than 3000 couples to his"love lab"

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I think that thin slicing sometimes isnt a good idea because there may be some instances where you should get to know them and according to the text (pg.21) their system is able to respond to every conceivable emotion a human has but it only explains some of the person not all of there emotion and personality.

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I would add on to Halle by saying that bill and sue seem to have a nice conversation, yet when you dig deeper it is more passively aggressive

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To add onto Halle on page 19 it said "Bill and Sue banter back and forth happily, both with a half smile on their lips." It was cool to see how he was analyzing their falseness.

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As stated in chapter 1, gottoman was able to predict outcome in a short amount of time. DOes this apply to all families?