The document discusses automatic process definition, its characteristics, and its applications. It highlights that automatic processing can operate quickly and allows for the development of personal theories, but may lead to incorrect answers in changing problem scenarios. Additionally, it contrasts automatic processing with controlled processes, emphasizing that intentional, careful thinking is a slower, but more reliable, method for problem-solving.

2.  Automatic process
definition
 How does it Occur
 Examples of Automatic
Processing
 Application of Study of
Automatic processing

3.  Definition
 Characteristics
 Example of a
controlled
process

4.  Operates fast
 Can be used when theory to solve
problem is not available
 Trained automatically when tasks
done repeatedly

5.  Bad for deductive problem solving
 May give you wrong answers when the
problem changes
 Requires repeated exposure
 Doesn’t always provide us with
conscious insight

6.  Handles problems where multiple logical
deductive steps are necessary
 Lets you leverage the research and thinking
of others
 Allows you to develop theories of your own
 Lets you compare the advantages and
disadvantages of multiple possible methods
 Produces reasoning that can be
communicated to others

8.  Takes work, skill, self correction, good
habits of mind, knowledge about
potential pitfalls, and practice
 Thinking carefully is a slow process