File this under awful coincidence: A student in my cognition class lost a parent in last week's plane crash outside of Buffalo. This week's readings on Attention (Ch. 4 in Sternberg's Cognitive Psychology) included this passage:
Consider an example of what Langer (1989) calls "mindlessness." In 1982, a pilot and copilot went through a routine checklist prior to takeoff. They mindlessly noted that the anti-icer was "off," as it should be under most circumstances. But it should not have been off under the icy conditions in which they were preparing to fly. The flight ended in a crash that killed 74 passengers. Ugh. What are the chances... Patrick -- Patrick O. Dolan, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Chair of Psychology Drew University Madison, NJ 07940 973-408-3558 [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
