Outline for Article: Adaptive Unconscious

History:

Who coined the term

What was the author's definition and how it is used today.

Where did the term took its origins from.

Thin Slicing:

What it is and how it influences the adaptive unconscious

History[edit]

The adaptive unconscious first coined by Daniel Wagner in 2002, is described as being a series of mental process that is able to move judgement and decision making, but that are out of reach to the Conscious mind. Architecturally, the adaptive unconscious is said to be unreachable because it is bury within the part of the brain that is still unknowable to the sciences. This type of thinking evolved earlier than the Conscious mind, enabling the mind to transform information and think in ways that enhance an organism's Survival. It can be described as a quick sizing up of the world which interprets information and deciding how to act very quickly and outside of the conscious view. The adaptive unconscious is active in everyday activities like, learning new material, detecting patterns and filtering information; It is also characterized by being unconscious, unintentional, uncontrollable and efficient without requiring cognitive tools. Lacking the need for cognitive tools does not make the adaptive unconscious any less useful than the conscious mind for the adaptive unconscious allows processes like Memory formation, [[physical balancing, language, learning and some emotional and personalities processes which include judgement, decision making, Impression formation, evaluations and goal pursuing, to happen. However useful, the series of processes of the adaptive unconscious will not always result in accuracy or correct decisions by the organism. The adaptive unconscious is affected by things like emotional reaction, estimations, experience and is thus inclined to Stereotyping and Schema which can lead to inaccuracy in decision making; It does however help decision making to eliminate cognitive biases such as Prejudice because of its need lack of cognitive tools.

Intuition[edit]

Intuition comes from taping into the adaptive unconscious. The adaptive unconscious is that liminal zone between dreams and reality, what might be called a reciprocal of experiences, memories and dreams. Working within the adaptive unconscious involves browsing through a series of [[sense impressions and making comparisons regarding a situation and using past experiences to dissolve sensory boundaries which then results in intuition.