What’s on the Dual Process Theory poster
System 1 against System 2, side by side.
- System 1: Fast, automatic, effortless
- System 1: Always running
- System 1: Pattern-based, associative
- System 1: Source of most heuristics and biases
- System 1: Cannot be switched off
- System 2: Slow, deliberate, effortful
- System 2: Engaged only when needed
- System 2: Rule-based, sequential
- System 2: Limited by working memory
- System 2: Lazy — accepts System 1's answer by default
- Most reasoning errors come from System 2 accepting a System 1 answer without checking…
Bat and ball: a bat and ball cost £1.10; the bat costs £1 more than the ball. Most people answer 10p. It is 5p.
Questions about the Dual Process Theory poster
- What’s on the Dual Process Theory poster?
- System 1 against System 2, side by side. System 1: Fast, automatic, effortless; System 1: Always running; System 1: Pattern-based, associative; System 1: Source of most heuristics and biases; System 1: Cannot be switched off; System 2: Slow, deliberate, effortful; System 2: Engaged only when needed; System 2: Rule-based, sequential; System 2: Limited by working memory; System 2: Lazy — accepts System 1's answer by default; Most reasoning errors come from System 2 accepting a System 1 answer without checking…. Bat and ball: a bat and ball cost £1.10; the bat costs £1 more than the ball. Most people answer 10p. It is 5p.
- Who is the Dual Process Theory poster for?
- Dual Process Theory belongs to the Psychology section rather than to a school year, because life science is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning cognitive can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Dual Process Theory poster?
- System 1 is fast and biased. System 2 is slow and lazy. Both are needed. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Dual Process Theory belongs on the wall where that life science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Dual Process Theory?
- Attention, Cognitive Load and Decision Making sit alongside Dual Process Theory in the Psychology section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.AttentionCognitive LoadDecision Making
- Is the Dual Process Theory poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Dual Process Theory downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Psychology section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Dual Process Theory poster print at?
- Dual Process Theory is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Dual Process Theory loses nothing.Printing guide
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