Date: 29 Dec 2011 03:02 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] staranise
*g* I think the journalist is overstating the case with "It's virtually impossible to change the basic way that people think" which is a kind of warped echo of the argh a lot of social psych researchers have. They've uncovered all these little mental shortcuts and stereotypes and heuristics people use to make snap judgments about the world. So, they say, if people KNOW about these things, why don't they stop DOING them? What do you MEAN, they haven't uncovered the magic cheat codes to make people think more rationally and accurately? WHY ARE PEOPLE STILL BEING STUPID?

(IMO, this is where it kind of where research psychologists aren't as served by their training as clinical psychologists: when you counsel, you learn that no, you can't make someone stop taking mental shortcuts, nor should you try; you just give them better shortcuts)
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