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ACME (Automaticity in Cognition, Motivation, and Evaluation) lab, 13–14
addictions:
approach-avoidance and, 136–38
see also drinking; smoking
advertising, 205–6, 208, 219, 263, 284
alcohol, 283–84
subliminal, 220
affective (evaluative) system, 127–28, 130–34
African-Americans, 82, 83, 88–93
see also racial biases
alcohol, 136–38, 205–6, 215, 216, 256, 274, 283–84
Al Qaeda, 187
Ambady, Nalini, 83–85, 88, 90, 92, 136, 170–71
American culture:
Puritan legacy in, 75–82
racial biases in, 88–93
religion in, 77
anchoring, 120
Anderson, Richard, 221
Andrews, Reginald, 152–54, 156, 157
anthropology, 33
apes, 45–46
approach-avoidance and “stay or go” reactions, 127–30, 133, 134, 143, 146, 151, 167, 176, 239
behavioral changes and, 136–38
Asch, Solomon, 63–64
attitudes, 130–34
automated processes, 30
automatic attitudes, 69, 130–34, 144
availability heuristic, 109
bacteria, 40–42
Bargh, John:
alligator dream of, 31–33, 56, 129, 130, 134, 238, 243, 244, 249, 279, 281
daughter Danielle, 31, 58, 59, 141–42, 148, 171–72, 273–74, 279–80
as psychology experiment participant, 14, 212–13
Batson, Daniel, 229–30
Baumeister, Roy, 254
behavioral contagion, 181–82, 190–96, 208, 263, 285
broken-windows theory, 197–99
reading material and, 201–2
social media and, 199–201
social setting and, 202–3, 208, 275
behavioral economics, 115
behaviorism, 7, 29, 33–34, 239, 264–66, 286
Belmont Park, 246
benzene, 243–44
betrayal, 53–55, 62, 66, 172–73, 192
bias, 100
in-group/out-group (“us” vs. “them”), 67–71, 146–51, 167–68, 279, 286
racial, see racial biases
Big Chill, The, 217
Binet, Alfred, 245
bin Laden, Osama, 187
Blake, William, 277
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Gladwell), 9, 154, 166–67
mimicry and, 50, 173, 185, 186, 190, 283
in ritualized behavior, 186, 189
Boothby, Erica, 285
Bork, Robert, 112
Boston Marathon, 227–28
Boston Red Sox, 147–48
Brady, Tom, 162
brain, 11
amygdala in, 37
corpus callosum in, 2
decision making and, 160
energy consumption of, 249
fear and, 37
in finger-movement experiment, 173, 191–92
imaging studies of, 13, 49–50, 65, 172, 179, 180, 206, 269–70
implementation intentions and, 269–70
lingering activity in, 119–20
mirror neuron system in, 191–92
parietal cortex in, 180
physical attractiveness and, 49–50, 146, 176, 216
prefrontal cortex in, 180
present and, 8
reward center of, 216
and sensory signals during sleep, 255
smoking and, 206
of split-brain patients, 2–3, 17
“stay or go” reaction and, 127
visual streams of information and, 184–85
warmth and coldness and, 54, 65–66, 172
Brandeis University, 145
Braveheart, 168
breast self-examinations, 270–71
breathing, 29
broken-windows theory, 197–99
Bruner, Jerome, 219
Bryant, Jennings, 97–100
Bush, George H. W., 230
Bush, George W., 188
Buss, David, 29
Cacioppo, John, 176
California Chrome, 113
Campbell, Donald, 31
candle problem, 241–42
Cantor, Joanne, 97–100
Cardiff, Jack, 97
Carnegie Mellon University, 160, 215, 243
Carpenter, Malinda, 46–47
car racing, 138
carryover effects, 79, 95–121, 273–74, 284
Carvallo, Maurice, 139
Case of the Velvet Claws, The (Gardner), 254
Catch-22 (Heller), 237
cell phones, and driving, 256–58
Chaiken, Shelly, 132–34, 144, 158
chameleon effect, 182–85, 189, 190, 193, 208, 283
see also behavioral contagion; mimicry
Champ, The, 116–17
change, 111–13
cheating, 227–28
Chen, Serena, 234
childhood experiences, as hidden past, 47, 51, 55, 56, 58–60, 63, 67, 68, 72, 100
children:
cooperation in, 46–47
culture absorbed by, 72, 73–76, 82, 90, 93–94
fears in, 23
talking to themselves, 259
see also parents
chimpanzees, 46
chores, 110
Chowder Pot, 147–49
Christakis, Nicholas, 200
CIA, 187
Civil War, 40–41
Claparède, Édouard, 125–26, 129, 130
Clapton, Eric, 245–46
Clark, Margaret, 65, 172, 234, 285
climate change, 104–5, 121, 212
Clore, Gerald, 102
Cocktail Party Effect, 4–5
cognitive psychology, 7, 29–30, 33–34, 78, 264, 266
Cohen, Dov, 75
coldness, see warmth and coldness
college-class evaluations, 158, 170–71
Columbia University, 241–42
commons dilemma, 211–12
communal orientation, 234–35
competence, judging, 143–45, 168, 176
conscious mind, 3–18, 59, 261, 262
as epiphenomenon, 265
interaction between unconscious and, 34, 258, 260, 280–81
of others, lack of access to, 285–87
psychology’s exclusion of, 265–66, 286
rationalizations generated by, 3, 129, 216–17, 267
unconscious mental processes as following, 30–32
unconscious mental processes as preceding, 32–34, 56
see also specific aspects
contagious behaviors, see behavioral contagion
cooperation, 23, 44–47, 51, 67, 185, 189, 191
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 261, 262
Copper Age, 21–23
Cornell University, 111, 201–2, 285
corruption, 230
see also problem solving
criminal justice, see law enforcement and criminal justice
Cronkite, Walter, 218
cultural psychology, 78
American, see American culture
children’s absorption of, 72, 73–76, 82, 90, 93–94
stereotypes in, 69, 83–94, 144
culture shock, 275–76
Cunningham, Wil, 151
Cyberball, 105–7
Dante Alighieri, 52–55, 62, 64, 66, 172, 186
Darley, John, 229–30
Darwin, Charles, 6, 23, 33, 34, 40, 44, 47, 261, 282
emotional expression studied by, 28, 43–45, 142, 143, 169, 182, 193
data, decisions involving, 163–65
Delon, Alain, 97
Descent of Man, The (Darwin), 44
developmental psychology, 30
Diallo, Amadou, 167
dieting, 201–2, 204, 205, 219, 220, 268, 273, 278
Dion, Celine, 118
Divine Comedy, The (Dante), 52–55, 62
downtime, 238, 244, 250–51, 259
SETI and, 249–50
downward social comparisons, 267
alligator, of author, 31–33, 56, 129, 130, 134, 238, 243, 244, 249, 279, 281
of Kekulé, 243–45
problem solving and, 243–45, 251–53, 259
Dresnok, James, 73–75
drinking, 136–38, 205–6, 256, 274, 283–84
accident rates, 257
anger and, 101
cell phones and apps as distraction during, 256–58
Mexico City’s road rationing and, 211–13
speed of, 120–21
drug addiction, 136–38
Duchenne, Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand, 44
Duckworth, Angela, 276–77
Dunham, Yarrow, 69–71
Dunning, David, 285
Dylan, Bob, 245–46
economics, behavioral, 115
Edison, Thomas, 245
egotism, implicit, 139
Eibach, Richard, 111–12
Einstein, Albert, 1, 8, 121, 243, 282
Eisenberger, Naomi, 106
Ekman, Paul, 29, 44–45, 143, 189
electromagnetic wavelengths, 5–6
Ellison, Ralph, 237
Emlen, Stephen, 61
emotions, 43–44, 101–2, 113, 121, 288
carryover effect of, 113–14, 273–74
as contagious, 181–82
facial expressions and, 44–45, 142–43
hoarding and, 114–15
long-term memories and, 113
physical component to, 99–100
sadness, 116–18
temperature and, see warmth and coldness
weather and, 101–4
endowment effect, 115–17
environment, 180–82, 262, 266, 268, 282–83
habits and, 278
self-control and, 277–78
unconscious monitoring of, 255, 258
epigenetics, 60
“Eureka!” moments, 239, 243, 245
evaluation, potency, and activity, as dimensions of semantic meaning, 127–28
evaluative (affective) system, 127–28, 130–34
evolution, 9, 17, 32, 33, 55, 60, 66, 142, 173, 261
of cooperation, 46
as hidden past, 23, 39, 42–43, 47, 51, 55, 56, 58, 60, 63, 67, 68, 100
natural selection in, 6, 17, 55, 60, 282
unconscious judgments and, 161, 165
evolutionary psychology, 29, 30, 33
excitation transfer, 97–99
exercise, 259, 268, 274, 276, 284
effects on conscious thought, 97–100
Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals, The (Darwin), 28, 43–44
Facebook, 173, 175, 200, 201, 284
faces and facial expressions, 141–47, 284
appraisals based on, 136, 141–45, 168–70
Bitchy Resting Face, 169
Darwin’s study of, 28, 43–45, 142, 143, 169, 182, 193
emotions communicated by, 44–45, 142–43
infants’ preferences in, 68, 69, 71, 176
personality judged from, 141–42
photographs of, 145, 168–70, 176–77
racial bias and, 70–71, 136–37, 151, 167, 168
and sentencing of defendants, 145–46, 168–69
resting bitch face, 142
trustworthiness and competence judged from, 136, 143–45, 168, 176
see also physical attractiveness
staying close to, 51, 54, 67–68, 139
Faraday, Michael, 243
fast-food restaurants, 96, 275
Faulkner, William, 19
Fazio, Russell, 130–33
social change and, 35–39
see also safety and survival
Fehr, Ernst, 203
Feller, Bob, 163
first impressions, 5, 142, 143, 284
Fitzgerald, Louise, 231–33
Florida State University, 50
flu, and attitudes toward immigration, 42
food, 284
dieting and, 201–2, 204, 205, 219, 220, 268, 273, 278
hunger and, 218–20
in priming experiments, 204–5, 219
football, 162
Fowler, James, 200
Frank, Mark, 188–89
Franklin, Benjamin, 266–68
Frederick, Shane, 157
Frederickson, Barbara, 86–87
free association test, 78
free will, 3, 7, 15, 262–63, 266, 278
see also self-control
Freire, Monte, 147–50
Freud, Sigmund, 6–7, 11–13, 17, 125, 160, 261–62, 268, 289
friendships, 47, 51, 55, 58, 59
Friesen, Wallace V., 45
Fujita, Kentaro, 278
Full Monty, The, 193
functional fixedness, 239
future, 1, 8, 10, 16–17, 209–78, 288
see also specific aspects
Gabriel, Shira, 217–18
Galileo Galilei, 261
Galla, Brian, 276–77
Galloway’s Book on Running (Galloway), 275
Gardner, Erle Stanley, 254
gating features, 175
Gazzaniga, Michael, 2–3, 17, 180
Gedye, David, 249–50
in sports, 246–49
Ghost in the Machine, The (Koestler), 7
Gilens, Martin, 91–93
Gilovich, Thomas, 111–12
Girl on a Motorcycle, 97–98, 101, 103
Gladwell, Malcolm, 9, 154, 166–67
global warming, 104–5, 121, 212
goals, 8, 213–26, 235–36, 238, 260, 263, 267, 281, 283
attention and, 221
cheating and, 227–28
dreams and, 251
early start on, 249
friendships and, 10, 166, 223–25
gut decisions and, 166
habits and, 268
implementation intentions and, 268–75
information related to, 219–21
liking or disliking people based on, 225–26
memories and, 221
mind wandering and, 250
mothers and, 224
past and, 221–23
power and, 230–36
priming and, 220
and unconscious monitoring of environment, 255, 258
unresolved, 251–54
values overridden by, 229–30, 235
Goldsmith, Jeffrey, 222
golfers, 15–16
Gollwitzer, Peter, 228, 268–69, 271–72, 281
Goodale, Melvyn, 184–85
“good” or “bad” evaluations, 127–33
in arm movement experiments, 134–38
goals and, 223
Good Samaritan study, 229–30
Gordon, Rebecca, 187–88
graffiti, 197–98
“Gregory” experiment, 26–28
grocery stores, 117–18, 204, 218, 219
gut decisions, 152–77
based on faces or photographs alone, 168–70
in complex decisions, 165–66
conscious reflection as supplement to, 157–61
goals and needs and, 166
and meeting people online, 173–76
about people different from ourselves, 167–68
people’s actions and, 172–73
physical attraction in, 175–76
quiz for measuring tendency to make, 157
risk and reward in, 157
rules for, 154–77
thin slices in, 170–71
environment and, 278
good, formation of, 274–76, 278, 284
see also self-control
Harlow, Harry, 61–62, 64, 66, 67, 107
Hartley, L. P., 112
Hawking, Stephen, 104
heat-lamp treatment, 107–8
Heller, Joseph, 237
Hidden Persuaders, The (Packard), 220
Hill, Anita, 231
hiring, 48–50, 161, 162, 215–16, 225–26
Hirshleifer, David, 103–4
Hitler, Adolf, 41
hoarding, 114–15
Homer, 245
honesty, 26–28
horror movies, 99
horse and carriage accident, 162
household chores, 110
humility, 280
hundred-dollar-bill prank, 194
hunger, 218–20
identity(ies), 82–94
situated, 203–4
IIE (Improving Interpersonal Evaluations), 189–90
imagination, 155
imitation, see mimicry
immigration, 41–42
implementation intentions, 268–75, 284
Implicit Association Test (IAT), 69–71, 90, 136, 137, 151
indigo buntings, 60–61
infants:
languages and, 68
infection and disease, 40–44, 51, 194
in-group/out-group bias (“us” vs. “them”), 67–71, 146–51, 167–68, 279, 286
insomnia, 252–53
intentions:
our own versus others’, 285, 286
social media, 173–76, 199–201, 284
Interpretation of Dreams, The (Freud), 125, 160
interrogations, 186–90
intuition, see gut decisions
invisibility cloak illusion, 285–86
Invisible Man (Ellison), 237
Iran-Contra arms scandal, 230
Jacoby, Larry, 109
James, William, 6–7, 30, 101, 180–81, 245
Jobs, Steve, 245
Johnson, Jimmie, 138
Johnson, Marcia, 126, 129, 130
Johnston, Lucy, 193–94
Jones, John, 139
from appearances, 141–45
Jung, Carl, 11
justice judgments, 145–46, 161–63
Kahneman, Daniel, 109, 115, 120, 154, 159
Kasnoff, Craig, 249–50
Kawakami, Kerry, 136–37
Kenrick, Douglas, 29
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 282, 283
Kissinger, Henry, 233
Koch, Ed, 24
Koestler, Arthur, 7
Korsakoff’s syndrome, 125–26, 129, 130
Langer, Ellen, 24–26
language, 68
Lashley, Karl, 239
law enforcement and criminal justice:
interrogations, 186–90
racism and, 145–46, 167, 169, 272
“leaky pen” experiment, 193–94
learning, statistical, 164–65
Led Zeppelin, 1, 4, 10, 13, 18, 117, 140, 288–89
Lee, Harper, 237
leisure time activities, 217–18
Lerner, Jennifer, 115–17
Lewis, Michael, 163
Lhermitte, François, 178–82, 184, 185, 192, 193, 196, 198, 203, 208, 266
Libby, Lisa, 111–12
liberals, 35–39, 41, 92, 94, 170
likes and dislikes, 127, 129–31, 133, 135, 138
Lincoln, Abraham, 231, 235, 282, 283
Lippmann, Walter, 91
Loewenstein, George, 215
Longway, Robert T., 61
Lord of the Rings, The, 215
Machado, Alicia, 40
Macrae, Neil, 193–94
Maeterlinck, Maurice, 209
Maier, Norman, 239–45
Mailer, Norman, 237–39, 244, 245, 248, 249, 252, 255, 259
Mankos, Rose Mary, 153–54, 156–57
Marcus Aurelius, 123
Masicampo, E. J., 254
Mason, Perry, 254
mating, see reproduction
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 46
Mayor, John, 148
Mayr, Ernst, 31
McHale, Kevin, 246
McKenna, Katelyn, 174–75
meaning, 127–28
medication regimens, 270
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius), 123
Meltzoff, Andrew, 184
amnesia patients and, 125–26, 129, 130
availability of, 108–10
Mental Health America, 108
mere exposure effect, 129–30
Mexico City, 211–13
Milgram, Stanley, re-creation of study of, 100, 101
Miller, George, 9
Milner, David, 184–85
bonding and, 50, 173, 185, 186, 190, 283
criminal interrogation and, 188–90
in finger-movement experiment, 173, 191–92
in romantic relationships, 190–92
in salespeople and waitresses, 190, 272–73
mind gap, 287
mind’s eye, 119
misattribution effects, 100
Mitchell, Beverly, 114, 115, 118, 119
Modern Times, 221–22
Moneyball (Lewis), 163
weather and, 101–4
moral beliefs, and goals, 229–30, 235
moral disgust, 43
Morewedge, Carey, 154
Morsella, Ezequiel, 253
mothers, goals regarding, 224
motivations, see goals
of Ötzti, 21–23, 29, 34–35, 48, 138–39, 143
in stores, 117–18
Mutis, Álvaro, 102
Naked and the Dead, The (Mailer), 237
natural selection, 6, 17, 55, 60, 282
Nature, 104
nature and nurture, 56, 60, 61
news, 91–93
newsgroups, 174–75
new things, preference for, 129
New York City, 23–25, 28, 31, 196–99, 259
New York City Marathon, 227, 275
New York University (NYU), 4, 13, 23–25, 132, 135, 183, 194, 222, 228, 232, 234, 240, 269
New York Yankees, 147–48
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 175, 261, 264
Night of the Living Dead, 95–97
9/11 attacks, 187–88
Nordgren, Loran, 159–60
North Korea, 73–75
Northwestern University, 224
Norton, Michael, 154
novels, 201–2
numbers, 120–21
Olivola, Christopher, 169–70
On the Origin of Species (Darwin), 6, 44
Orbell, Susan, 270
Osgood, Charles E., 127–28, 133, 134
Ötzti, 21–23, 29, 34–35, 48, 54, 67, 128, 138–39, 143, 168
Over, Harriet, 46–47
overconfidence, 156
Packard, Vance, 220
Pac-Man, 222–23
Papies, Esther, 204–5
imitation of, 56–57
power and, 234
Parish, Robert, 246
past, 1, 8–10, 16, 19–121, 262, 266, 288
carryover effects of, 79, 95–121, 273–74, 284
see also specific aspects
Pasteur, Louis, 41
Patrick, Danica, 138
Pelham, Brett, 139
Penfield, Wilder, 3
perception-action link, 182
perceptual readiness, 219
Pessiglione, Mathias, 216
pets, 218
Phelps, Elizabeth, 113
Philosophy of the Unconscious (von Hartmann), 6
phones, and driving, 256–58
physical attractiveness, 143, 146, 175, 176, 284
brain and, 49–50, 146, 176, 216
emphasized for girls, 86–88
in hiring and career advancement, 48–50, 215–16, 226
rationalizations and, 216, 217
in romantic relationships, 175–76
Pichert, J. W., 221
Pineda, Michael, 173
Plutarch, 243
Poehlman, Andy, 77–78
Pogge, Thomas, 233–34
Pokémon Go, 257
political attitudes, 286
liberal, 35–39, 41, 92, 94, 170
political candidates, 143–45, 168, 169
Political Guessing Game, 170
potency, 127–28
poverty, 91–92
power, 230–36
prejudices, 69
present, 1, 8–10, 16, 59, 123–208, 262, 266, 288
carryover of recent past into, 79, 95–121, 273–74, 284
see also specific aspects
presidential elections:
voter turnout in, 271
priming, 78, 79, 106, 180, 282–83
affective, 132–33
anchoring, 120
in free-association test, 78
in friend-doll experiment, 46–47
goals and, 220
helpfulness and, 194
power and, 234–35
problem solving and, 240–42
Protestant and Puritan ethics and, 79–82
rudeness and, 195–96
in unrelated experiments technique, 78–80
Princeton University, 143, 144, 229, 285
problem solving, 238–45, 249, 258–59, 263
dreams and, 243–45, 251–53, 259
functional fixedness in, 239
Pronin, Emily, 285
Proxmire, William, 250
psychology, 2, 7, 12, 26, 264–65
cognitive, 7, 25, 29–30, 33–34, 78, 264, 266
consciousness excluded from, 265–66, 286
cultural, 78
developmental, 30
S-R, 265
psychopathologies, 11–12
psychotherapy, 108
public service announcements, 206–8
Puritans, 75–82
push/pull experiments, 134–38
“Pygmalion in the Classroom,” 85–86
racial biases, 284
approach-avoidance response used to change, 136–37
cultural transmission through media, 88–93, 168
gut reactions and, 167–68
implementation intentions and, 271–72
Implicit Association Test and, 69–71, 90, 136, 151
law enforcement and, 145–46, 167, 169, 272
and out-group becoming main group, 151
power and, 234–35
in reactions to faces, 70–71, 136–37, 151, 167, 168
rationalizations, 3, 129, 216–17, 267, 276
Reagan, Ronald, 153
Reddit, 156
Protestants and, 76–82
in United States, 77
reproduction, 9, 23, 47–51, 60, 215–16, 218
physical attractiveness and, 48–50
see also sex
restrictions, 211–12
Road Runner cartoons, 13–14
Robbers Cave State Park, 149–50
role models, 282–83
romantic relationships, 55, 58, 59, 226
gating features and, 175
Internet and, 175–76
mimicry in, 190–92
physical attraction in, 175–76
university and business policies on, 233–34
Romero, George, 95
Roosevelt, Franklin, 35–36
rope experiment, 239–42
Rosenthal, Robert, 85–86, 170–71
Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, 205
Ruiz, Rosie, 227–28
running, 275
Ruth, Babe, 147
sadness, 116–18
safety and survival, 9, 23, 34, 43, 51, 60, 63, 67, 218
genes and, 47
political attitudes and, 35–39, 41
Salpêtrière Hospital, 178, 245
Sappho, 245
Schnair, David, 152–53
Schnall, Simone, 43
Schneirla, T. C., 128, 133, 239
school:
Pygmalion studies and, 85–86
stereotypes and, 84–88
Schooler, Jonathan, 157–58
Schwarz, Norbert, 102
Science, 198
sea creature–naming experiment, 254
self-betterment, 280
environment and, 277–78
questionnaire study on, 276–77
unconscious, 264, 267–68, 276–77
self-doubt, 280
Selfish Gene, The (Dawkins), 48
Semantic differential ratings, 127–28
Semin, Gun, 65
sleep and, 255
SETI, 249–50
Girl on a Motorcycle and, 97–98, 101, 103
horror movies and, 99
see also reproduction; romantic relationships
sexual harassment, 231–34
Sheehan, George, 275
Sheeran, Pascal, 270
Sherif, Carolyn, 149–50
Sherif, Muzafer, 149–50
Shumway, Tyler, 103–4
similarities to oneself, 138–41
see also mimicry
Simpsons, The, 282
Skinner, B. F., 29, 83, 261, 262, 265, 266, 268, 289
insomnia, 252–53
sensory signals and, 255
see also dreams
Slepian, Michael, 136
smoking, 165, 166, 206–8, 215, 274, 278
Snyder, Peter J., 44
social comparisons, 267
social identity, 82–94
socializing, 217–18
social media, 173–76, 199–201, 284
social psychology, 25, 30, 67, 78
social rejection and inclusion, 105–7, 192
social settings, and behavior, 202–3, 208, 275
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 82–85
Solarz, Andrew, 134–35
solitary activities, 217–18
Sommers, Sam, 145–46
soul, 11
Speed, 99
Sperling, George, 119–20
Spinoza, Baruch, 214
Spooky Art, The (Mailer), 237, 245
sports:
deception in, 227–28
football, 162
golf, 15–16
state-naming experiment, 253–54
statistical learning, 164–65
“stay or go,” see approach-avoidance and “stay or go” reactions
Steele, Claude, 83
stimulus-response theory, 265
stock market, 103–4
strangers, 68
stroke patients, 178–82, 184, 185, 193, 196, 203, 208
Stroop, John Ridley, 255–56
summation of stimuli, 101
survival, see safety and survival
Swiss bankers, 203–4
Tajfel, Henri, 69
temperature, see warmth and coldness
tests, time limits on, 228
Tetris, 222
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Kahneman), 154
thin slices, 170–71
Thomas, Clarence, 231
thought segments, 250
see also future; past; present
Time, 84
Todorov, Alexander, 143–45, 169–70
To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee), 237
Tomasello, Michael, 45–47
torture, 187–88
Trainspotting, 116
trust, 47, 51, 55–56, 59, 67, 68, 167, 189, 191, 284
betrayal of, 53–55, 62, 66, 172–73, 192
cooperation and, 47
judging trustworthiness, 136, 143–45, 168, 172–73, 176
Uhlmann, Eric, 77–78
unconscious mind, 3–18, 180–81
conscious mental processes as following, 32–34, 56
conscious mental processes as preceding, 30–32
conscious mind’s rationalizations of behaviors generated by, 3, 129, 216–17, 267
Freud’s view of, 6–7, 11–13, 17, 125, 261–62
interaction between conscious and, 34, 258, 260, 280–81
learning to be aware of and use, 15–16, 263, 283
refusing to believe in influence of, 15, 263
see also specific aspects
Unconscious Thought Theory (UTT), 159–62, 165, 238, 242–43
United States, see American culture
University College London, 180, 216
University of Amsterdam, 137–38
University of Buffalo, 217–18
University of California, 36, 249
University of Chicago, 239–40
University of Florida, 195–96
University of Michigan, 4, 86, 191, 239
University of Minnesota, 57
University of Pennsylvania, 276
University of Virginia, 43
“us” vs. “them” (in-group/out-group bias), 67–71, 146–51, 167–68, 279, 286
Vallacher, Robin, 206–7
Van Bavel, Jay, 150–51
viruses, 40–42
visual buffer, 119–20
visual information streams, 184–85
von Hartmann, Eduard, 6
Vygotsky, Lev, 259
Wallace, Kelly, 283–84
warmth and coldness, 65–66
body temperature, 106–7
in Bowlby’s studies, 63
in Dante’s Hell, 53–54
depression and, 107–8
in Harlow’s monkey studies, 62, 64, 66, 67, 107
in metaphors, 54
physical, as substitute for social, 107–8, 121
sharing and, 66–67
social feelings affected by holding something hot or cold, 63–65
social rejection or inclusion and, 105–7
Washington Post, 118
Watson, John B., 7, 264–66, 286
weak vs. strong ratings, 127–28
“What’s My Image?,” 169–70
Wiers, Reinout, 137–38
Williams, Kip, 105
Williams, Lawrence, 63–65
willpower, 263, 264, 268, 276–77
Wilson, Timothy, 157–58
Wired, 222
Wolf, Susan, 34
Wood, Wendy, 278
women and girls, 279
physical attractiveness emphasized for, 86–88
work, 94
Protestant Ethic and, 76, 79–82, 91–92
World Values Survey, 77
World War I, 186
Xu, Alison Jing, 218–19
Yale University, 42, 64, 65, 69, 141, 234
ACME lab at, 13–14
Yanomami people, 35
Yarbrough, John D., 189–90
yes-or-no decisions, 127, 130, 176
Zajonc, Robert, 2, 129–30, 133, 138, 191
Zebrowitz, Leslie, 145
Zubaydah, Abu, 187–88