Everyday Decisions We Make Without Thinking

Conversation - B2-C1 | Advance Level

4.9 $

Dec. 30 Tue , 08:00 USA

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Description

In this class you will:
✔ Watch a video explaining how everyday decisions are made and how the brain processes them. (From automatic habits to simple cognitive shortcuts.)
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✔ Learn vocabulary related to decision-making, cognition, and subconscious behaviour.
✔ Discuss how unconscious processes, heuristics, and routines influence choices.
✔ Practice expressing sophisticated opinions and examples in nuanced English.

You will:
• Understand the psychology behind automatic choices
• Use advanced structures (modals of speculation, conditionals)
• Develop fluency debating complexity and nuance

Session Activities

Question 1: What choice do you make every day without thinking about it?

Question 2: Do you think your morning routine is automatic? Explain.

Question 3: Can habits make life easier or harder? Why?

Question 4: When was the last time you realised you made a decision without thinking?

Question 5: Do you think emotions influence decisions? How?

Question 1: What kinds of everyday decisions do you make without conscious thought?

Question 2: How do you think your brain decides between two similar options (e.g., tea vs coffee)?

Question 3: Why do habits sometimes become automatic — and what are the advantages?

Question 4: How do cultural norms or social context influence quick decisions?

Question 5: Compare a decision you made intentionally with one you made automatically — what’s the difference?

Question 6: Do you think automatic decisions are always bad? Why or why not?

Question 7: How does stress change the way we make decisions?

Question 8: After watching the video, what insight did you gain about the nature of decision-making?

Question 9: Do you think we should be more mindful of automatic decisions? Why?

automatic

done without conscious thought

subconscious

mental processes outside awareness

heuristic

mental shortcut for fast decisions

habit

regular behaviour pattern

cognition

thinking and understanding processes

routine

a sequence of habitual actions

intuition

gut feeling, not logical reasoning

bias

tendency to think in certain ways

decision fatigue

when many decisions tire the mind

deliberate

made with intention and thought