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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Diallo | -man who is shot by officers |
| Kenna | -singer who's music was highly controversial -lacked a specific style |
| Warren Harding | -president elected because he was tall, handsome, and "spoke like a president" -overall a bad president |
| Malcolm Gladwell | -author of Blink |
| Van Riper | -veteran -participated in Millennium Challenge |
| Vic Braden | -could identify tennis serves before the ball was hit |
| Lee Goldman | -created a more efficient way to identify heart attacks at Cook County Hospital |
| Abbie Conant | -woman in orchestra -got more positions when a sheet was down to hide her gender |
| John Gottman | -created marriage tests based on body language -accurately guess prediction of couple 95% of time |
| Bob Golomb | -car dealership manager -did not let someone's characteristics dictate the way he sold cars -became very successful |
| kouros | -was bought by museum as an ancient artifact and months spent investigating it -many professionals instincts said fake -turned out fake |
| thin-slicing | -taking a small amount of information and using instincts to determine what it means |
| CEO's | -mostly white men who are tall -presents the idea that most interviewers base off first impressions |
| Millennium Challenge | -blue team vs red team (Van Riper) simulation -first round red team won because they were able to cut communications and blind-side blue -second round they were not allowed to do this and blue team won |
| Pepsi Challenge | -Pepsi always won sip challenge over Coke -Coke won in taste with whole cans -proves that what we like changes depending on the amount |
| autistic patients | -eyes do not follow cues from other people -most emotional moments are missed or seen as humorous -people can become "temporarily autistic" or unable to digest all information in certain situations -the little information taken in does not mean dumb |
| orchestra hiring | -women were hired more when an orchestra had a screen between the player and people in charge -they were often fired after this -shows prejudice held in auditions by those giving them |