The Divided Mind
Animal used to represent our automatic thinking
Elephant
Our habit of misjudging and exaggerating what people on the other side actually believe
Perception Gap
Moral taste bud that focuses on autonomy and personal freedom, driving the desire to resist oppression
Liberty
We often enter disagreements with this mindset, as if entering battle to defeat our opponent
Warrior Mindset
Since facts alone rarely change minds, these things can be used to tap into emotion and create connection
Stories
Type of thinking is represented by the rider
Controlled
Our built-in tendency to favor people in our own group and feel wary or dismissive toward those outside it
In-group/Out-group Bias
Moral taste bud lead us to view certain things as pure or sacred and to feel moral concern when they're violated
Sanctity
The Zipper Effect is designed to teach us about adjusting this thing
Our Confidence Level
When we hear a story, our brains release this chemical that increases trust and empathy
Oxytocin
Ethical thought experiment that asks whether it is morally right to sacrifice one person to save a larger group of people
The Trolley Problem
Being increasingly surrounded by information that confirms what we already believe
Echo Chamber
Moral taste bud emphasizing deep connections to groups like Famliy, community, or nation
Loyalty
This term refers to the powerful skill of acknowledging the limits of what we know and the possibility of being wrong
Intellectual Humility
What AJ's Dad said when he asked for a little more allowance of $1.00
Get a Job!
The tendency to interpret information in a way that aligns with our existing beliefs
Confirmation Bias
Types of views that seem to be the loudest
Extreme
Moral taste bud underlying the idea of respect for traditions, law, and legitimate leaders
Authority
With the Explorer mindset, we choose to be this thing, instead of being judgmental
Curious
Stories transform a conversation by moving the conversation from the "what" people believe to this thing
The Why
The principle for understanding how our thinking works most of the time with Intuitions first, and this thing second
Reasoning
The Moral Foundations Theory suggests that we are all born with this many basic “moral taste buds” in our minds
Six (6)
Moral taste bud focused on protecting others from harm and showing compassion
Care
Psychologists refer to the phenomenon of thinking we know more about something than we actually do as the illusion of this thing
Explanatory Depth
The acronym HIT outlines the anatomy of a story with the "T" standing for thing thing
To the Point