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Are slips related to IQ?
Name one mental laboratory/exercise that was done in GMT to practice and experiment with skills.
Restaurant waiting on tables, bookkeeping tasks, complex task where we had to get as many points as possible, complex task where we had to do one thing from each task, card sorting, tapping fruit names
System the brain uses to help us perform routine tasks without having to think about them
automatic pilot
What is a goal of GMT
Achieve our goals, reduce slips
Represents our short term memory as the place where we keep goals in our heads
Mental Blackboard
Errors that occur when our minds are elsewhere or our attention is not focused on the task at hand.
Absentminded Slips
What are two ways you could practice present-mindedness?
Breathing, yoga, meditation, etc
when is the automatic pilot helpful?
When doing something routine that doesn't require a lot of thought (e.g. tying shoelaces)
State
What happens to our mental blackboard if we get distracted?
It rolls over, gets wiped clean, gets replaced by something else, slips can occur because we forget our goal
What is the opposite of being absentminded?
Being more aware of what is going on in the here and now, enhanced form of wakefulness
present-mindedness
When does the automatic pilot cause problems?
We can become sidetracked from our goal, can cause slips, lose track of what we are supposed to be doing
What is Checking?
Stopping to confirm that you are doing what you are meant to do, also known as monitoring
Whats a way to remember what is on your mental blackboard?
STOP!, practicing present mindedness, periodically checking our goal on the mental blackboard
What types of factors can increase slips
STOP!
What was the professors last name?
Fertwinkle!
What does Stating our goal do? How does it help?
What are ways to secure your goal on your mental blackboard?
Physically or mentally writing your goal down, using vivid imagery to imagine the goal, Stating your goal out loud, etc.
Name one way to reduce absentminded slips
STOP!-Check, State your goal, break down large complex tasks into subgoals, etc.
What are some strategies to help us make decisions?
STOP!-State - remember what is truly important
Acceptance
Just Do It (for small decisions)
Love your decision
We have seen how subgoals can have the same problem as larger goals (automatic pilot, distractions, slips, indecision/procrastination). What GMT skill can we use within each subtask?
STOP! - State, check to do list * repeat
What is the STOP!-Split cycle? How is it helpful?
Helps us to split up complex goals into subgoals
How are to do lists helpful in regards to things we have learned in GMT?
Helps us to stay on the course of action, extend the mental blackboard, help us break down complex tasks.