Blind spots and biases. Hidden forces that shape your decisions

Description

We use mental shortcuts every day to help us make decisions, and often we don't even realize it. This program explores five mental shortcuts, or "blind spots": Expectation, Belief, Availability, Anchors, and Imitation. Learn why optical illusions and magic tricks surprise us, and how our need to confirm our beliefs often prevent a cold. Understand how availability affects purchasing habits, how a bias can make a normal price seem like a great sale, and what causes laughter to be so contagious.

Runtime

24 min

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Date of Publication

2010

Database

Alexander Street

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