Thinking
(Chapter 9, 15)

I.  Introduction
	A.  The mind as a computer
	B.  Complex thought:  Beyond perceiving and remembering

II Thinking (pp. 10:1 – 10:5; 15:1 – 15:3; 15:7)
	A.  Definitions (pp. 289-290)
	B.  Thinking and Rationality 
	C.  Forms of Thinking
		1. Formal (algorithmic) (pp. 292)
2. Informal  (pp. 292)
a. Heuristics and Problem-solving
	D.  Gambling: A Cognitive Explanation (NY TIMES article)
		1.  Availability Heuristic (pp. 294 – 294)
		2.  Representative Heuristic (p. 2945 – 296)
3.  Memory
E.  Barriers to rationality 
		1.  Exaggerating the improbable 
		2.  Avoiding Loss
		3.  Confirmation Bias
		4.  Mental Sets
		5.  Hindsight Bias
6.	Cognitive Consistency 
a.	Cognitive Dissonance (p. 530 – 531) 
		7.  Biased Attributions (pp. 525 – 527)
		8.  Stereotyping (pp. 542 – 547)
	F.  Overcoming irrationality 
		2.  Automatic and Effortful processing in rationality (pp. 298 – 300)