AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The implicit portion of the dual process theory is the part of your mind that reacts/responds automatically, or without conscious thought. The aspect of your consciousness that is truly conscious and controlled is the explicit, or conscious, process. These two processes occur simultaneously and independently.

Detailed explanation-2: -What are the mind’s two tracks and what is dual processing? Our minds simultaneously processes information on a conscious track and an unconscious track (dual processing) as we organize and interpret information.

Detailed explanation-3: -Background. Dual processing theory of human cognition postulates that reasoning and decision-making can be described as a function of both an intuitive, experiential, affective system (system I) and/or an analytical, deliberative (system II) processing system.

Detailed explanation-4: -Perception, memory, think-ing, language, and attitudes all operate on two levels-a conscious, deliberate “high road” and an unconscious, automatic “low road.” Researchers call this dual processing. Conscious information processing enables us to exert voluntary control and to communicate our mental states to others.