All these organizational decisions are subjective and can be revised as needed. Usually the descriptive section appears first in non-fiction reviews, especially in scholarly journals. Their order may be changed, with more important or striking matters appearing first. Later you may decide to omit some of these points. Author's purpose-to inform? Entertain? Persuade?.
The areas to address include the following: You are expected to describe the book, that is, to summarize some major points of interest, and to evaluate it, that is, to make judgments about it. Generally, you should try to find a relatively recent work of about 200-350 pages on some aspect of the course that particularly interests you. Your instructor will usually offer some guidance, such as a suggested list of books or some guidelines to follow in selecting a work. The assignment is demanding because you are required to describe and evaluate an author's contribution to a subject that you may know little about. Now, I'm making sure to look at a wide variety of options with things I like and things I dislike about each apartment, such as price, location, and amenities.At some point in your college career you may be asked to review a non-fiction book to enable you to learn more about some aspect of your course work. I first thought about moving to a particular place based on a friend's recommendation, which seemed like the easiest thing to do.īut, after reading the book, I learned I was actually rushing the decision and looking for evidence to support moving there, instead of really thinking things through. For example, I'm moving to a different city in the next few months and am currently looking at apartments. Now, I make sure I'm truly weighing the pros and cons of each decision, especially when the stakes are high. I made decisions so quickly using System 1 that I didn't start questioning those decisions until I realized I didn't make the right choice. When I was making a decision, I found that I was searching for evidence that supported my choice, rather than finding counterexamples. Kahneman says our System 1 is gullible and biased, whereas our System 2 is doubting and questioning - and we need both to shape our beliefs and values. To gain more concentration and focus, I started practicing more mindfulness strategies and incorporating more breaks, which have helped me tremendously in making better choices for myself. I felt exhausted and distracted at the end of long days, so I was using System 1 to make decisions instead of System 2. I recognized that my fast thinking was attributed to the fact that I was busy all the time and didn't incorporate very many breaks into my schedule. However, in situations when we don't have those – like when we feel tired or stressed - System 1 impulsively takes over, coloring our judgment. Since thinking slow requires conscious effort, System 2 is best activated when we have self-control, concentration, and focus.
Meanwhile, System 2 uses problem-solving and concentration – we use it to think slowly, like when we calculate a math problem or fill out our tax returns. System 1 operates intuitively and automatically – we use it to think fast, like when we drive a car or recall our age in conversation. One of the book's main ideas is to showcase how the brain uses these two systems for thinking and decision-making processes. Sometimes we think fast and sometimes we think slow.
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