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Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summaries Table

Chapter	Summary
Chapter 1	Kahneman begins the book by engaging the reader on an intuitive thinking practice whereby he posts a photo of a woman’s face who appears angry. He u... Read more
Chapter 2	Mental efforts depend significantly on the physical actions of an individual. Kahneman gives two practical illustrations of how the brain operates whe... Read more
Chapter 3	In this chapter, Kahneman expounds the activities that an individual has the capability of controlling when thinking. Necessary mental activities such... Read more
Chapter 4	Kahneman introduces the reader to this chapter by a practical illustration of the functionality of System 1. In this illustration, one can deduce the ... Read more
Chapter 5	One’s consciousness is not necessarily the only determinant of the brain’s functionality. It is possible, as Kahneman argues, to process several c... Read more
Chapter 6	System 1’s central role is keeping an updated collection of information in one’s mind, as they happen on a daily basis. In effect, the brain has t... Read more
Chapter 7	This chapter delineates the factors that make an individual draw conclusion prematurely. As Kahneman explains, there are significant circumstances tha... Read more
Chapter 8	This chapter illustrates the coherence of intuition with judgment in some occurrences. Kahneman highlights several aspects that determine one’s judg... Read more
Chapter 9	The average functionality of one’s mind is presuming that one is acquainted with skills and basic knowledge regarding a given problem. Kahneman uses... Read more
Chapter 10	This chapter introduces the reader to the second part of Kahneman’s book. He calls this part Heuristics and Biases, which highlights the major compo... Read more
Chapter 11	The anchoring effect is an occurrence under which people consider value for a quantity not known to them before actual estimation of the amount. An an... Read more
Chapter 12	Kahneman in the chapter named science of availability believes that we judge a case at hand from the frequency of a similar event from the past. Both ... Read more
Chapter 13	The availability influences a biased decision naturally because an event has occurred vividly. Even though information on an occurrence is available, ... Read more
Chapter 14	The specialty discussed by the chapter is the fact that one is lead to believe that an occurrence is likely to happen again there are a lot of similar... Read more
Chapter 15	The chapter sums up what Kahneman refers as heuristic involved in judgment and the way they are contra with logic. It relies on the logical relationsh... Read more
Chapter 16	In chapter sixteen, Kahneman explores the effects cause has on convincing people. He narrates how people’s attention can be moved from the main subj... Read more
Chapter 17	The chapter analyses a biased way of decision making that has been relied upon for decades. Kahneman states that people are meant to believe that if s... Read more
Chapter 18	The section states that naturally, there are many forecasting occasions available and intuitive judgments can be made with confidence. A combination o... Read more
Chapter 19	The chapter holds a view introduced by Kahneman as the narrative fallacy. It occurs when people attempt to make sense of the world. The brain focuses ... Read more
Chapter 20	The system disregards the validity of the availed evidence and skills possessed by creating an illusion. The work of System 1 is to form a simplified ... Read more
Chapter 21	The chapter implies that intuitions of a trained professional yield more accurate results than those based on statistics. Notwithstanding, methods are... Read more
Chapter 22	This chapter expounds on matters relating to professional criticism which is apparent in various disciplines. Kahneman explains how such criticism may... Read more
Chapter 23	The chapter outlines Kahneman’s experience in Israeli’s education system. He attempted to come up with a book that could be introduced in the syll... Read more
Chapter 24	Kahneman highlights critical concerns regarding the perception of success in the mind instead of the circumstances. The chapter introduces the concept... Read more
Chapter 25	This chapter marks the introduction of Part 4 of the book. Part 4 is primarily centered on choices and how they relate to cognitive intuition. Kahnema... Read more
Chapter 26	This chapter is a rather continuation of the previous chapter and focuses on wealth as a factor with which the mind is conscious. Kahneman acknowledge... Read more
Chapter 27	Kahneman introduces this chapter with an illustration of the indifference curve. Accordingly, each curve represents a combination of commodities whose... Read more
Chapter 28	The author outlines the key psychological factors which he finds to correlate with behavioral economics. The principal of these factors is negativity,... Read more
Chapter 29	This chapter delves into four significant aspects that encompass the process of decision making in System 1. The first pattern entails changing chance... Read more
Chapter 30	This chapter highlights the weight that some trivial things have on people’s minds. Kahneman introduces the chapter with an anecdote of the prevalen... Read more
Chapter 31	The section outlines an analysis of the irrationality portrayed by people concerning risk policies. People tend to be risk averse with anticipated gai... Read more
Chapter 32	Daniel Kahneman in the chapter states that most people seek money for non-economic reasons. The human beings maintain a mental account of records whic... Read more
Chapter 33	System 1 and 2 work in conjunction at times creating an inversion of available choices and judgment. The collaboration gives a person a chance to eval... Read more
Chapter 34	The chapter is a philosophical analysis of the economic point of view. Economics holds that preferences and beliefs are real or are bound to reality. ... Read more
Chapter 35	The analysis presented by Kahneman in the chapter is the distinction between our conscious selves and the unconscious selves. The human being conduct ... Read more
Chapter 36	Under the chapter, the remembering-self composes, analyzes and stores stories for future reference. System 1 views life as a story and wishes it ends ... Read more
Chapter 37	Kahneman illustrates the essence of memories and past experiences in one’s way of life in general terms. He recounts that his efforts on understandi... Read more
Chapter 38	This is the last chapter of Part V and the book as well. Kahneman sums up important aspects of life in this chapter and attempts to diversify the conc... Read more

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