Complex social behavior, like deception requires system 2 thinking.
I don’t think this is true. I’ve definitely told lies that I didn’t think about making. I think an awful lot of complex social behavior is system one—I don’t think most people flirt in system two, for example.
Sure, but the first time you told that lie you probably used system 2 thinking. Your brain might have optimized this process by creating a heuristic and programmed it into system 1, making lying a simple reactionary response. If you’re using only system 1 it’s not conscious deception. You’re not *deciding* anything, it a simple reaction.
As for your example, I think most people with no experience flirt with their system 2, optimizing their thought processes to use the least amount of system 2 as possible. Though you are right that I might have phrased my statement better.
Statement 2 should have been:
Conscious deception uses system 2 thinking. Non conscious deception uses system 1 thinking. Accidental deception uses no thinking (added for completion).
I don’t think this is true. I’ve definitely told lies that I didn’t think about making. I think an awful lot of complex social behavior is system one—I don’t think most people flirt in system two, for example.
Sure, but the first time you told that lie you probably used system 2 thinking. Your brain might have optimized this process by creating a heuristic and programmed it into system 1, making lying a simple reactionary response. If you’re using only system 1 it’s not conscious deception. You’re not *deciding* anything, it a simple reaction.
As for your example, I think most people with no experience flirt with their system 2, optimizing their thought processes to use the least amount of system 2 as possible. Though you are right that I might have phrased my statement better.
Statement 2 should have been:
Conscious deception uses system 2 thinking. Non conscious deception uses system 1 thinking. Accidental deception uses no thinking (added for completion).
Would be a better statement I think.