The goal of this article is to emphasize and decipher the multiple activities used by Gladwell to make his points in the concept of “The Theory of Thin Slices” Thin-slicing, the ability to gather information in a fraction of a second, naturally, as in mind over matter or by conducting experiments, coming to a conclusion. Gladwell presents two types of examples of how thin slicing works: natural circumstances and controlled studies Of course in our daily lives our unconscious takes over, and although what happens, the often overlooked point is the fact that nothing unconsciously changes the way the mind works. The unconscious happens instantaneously without knowledge or understanding, it leaves no time to formulate any ideology, and in fact in a short space of time it generates a thin slice. which is enough to gather a lot of information. Indirectly everything else is updated and the power to do what the mind perceives as important at that moment occurs unconsciously. Simply put it's basically mind reading. An interesting example used by Gladwell to present the concept of natural circumstances was “The Power of the Glance” (Gladwell, 2007, p.43), in which he explains how thin-slicing occurs without being aware of it. He goes on to discuss how when you meet someone for the first time subtle slicing happens naturally and is something that happens “because we have to” (Gladwell, 2007, p. 44). As a result, Gladwell, reminds us of the reality that we have no choice in deciding whether we want to cut or not, because our unconscious takes over, allowing us to do things without being aware of it. It was not made clear to our paper that when he observed some of Gottman's subjects there was so much information available in that short amount of time that he missed most of the emotional and distinctive aspects. patterns that were the hallmark of the subjects' interactions and the key component to being able to obtain the same result as Gottman and his staff. According to Gladwell, “the clips were absolutely overwhelming” (Gladwell, 2007, p. 31), they became information overload. All in all, Gladwell was able to shed light on the fact that being able to analyze complex interactions in a short amount of time can happen both naturally and in a controlled environment because the mind is a powerful tool. One may disagree, if indeed someone is able to control the mind, again perhaps one can control the subconscious but not the conscious due to the fact that the conscious part has a mind of its own.
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