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Nudge Theory
A concept that proposes positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions as ways to influence behavior and decision-making.
Prospect Theory
People value gains and losses differently, leading to inconsistent decision-making, particularly when faced with the prospect of a loss.
Mental Accounting
The tendency to categorize and treat money differently depending on where it comes from or what it's intended for.
Heuristics
Simple, efficient rules of thumb that people use to form judgments and make decisions.
Hyperbolic Discounting
The tendency to prefer smaller, immediate rewards over larger, later rewards, with the impatience increasing as the delay approaches the present time.
Endowment Effect
Individuals ascribe more value to things merely because they own them.
Anchoring
The human tendency to rely too much on the first piece of information offered (the 'anchor') when making decisions.
Framing Effect
People react to a particular choice in different ways depending on how it is presented or 'framed'.
Confirmation Bias
The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.
Default Effect
When given a choice, individuals are more likely to comply with a pre-set option, or the 'default'.
Loss Aversion
An individual's tendency to prefer avoiding losses to acquiring equivalent gains.
Overconfidence Effect
A well-established bias in which someone's subjective confidence in their judgments is reliably greater than their objective accuracy.
Status Quo Bias
The preference to keep things the same by doing nothing or by sticking with a decision made previously.
Herd Behavior
Individuals mimic the actions of a larger group, either directionally or in the manner of decision-making.
Self-Control Bias
The tendency to favor activities that provide immediate gratification and neglect actions that contribute to long-term benefits.
Choice Overload
The presence of too many choices can lead to decision-making paralysis and dissatisfaction with the selected option.
Time Inconsistency
A situation in which people's preferences change over time - what is preferred at one time is not preferred at another.
Sunk Cost Fallacy
The phenomenon whereby individuals continue a behavior or endeavor as a result of previously invested resources.
Reciprocity
A social norm of responding to a positive action with another positive action, rewarding kind actions.
Diversification Bias
When planning for the future, individuals tend to prefer variety and diversification. However, at the moment of choice, variety often diminishes.
Bounded Rationality
The idea that when individuals make decisions, their rationality is limited by the available information, the cognitive limitations of their minds, and the finite amount of time they have to make a decision.
Availability Heuristic
A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to mind when evaluating a topic, concept, method, or decision.
Representativeness Heuristic
A cognitive bias in which an individual categorizes a situation based on a pattern of previous experiences or beliefs about the scenario.
Paradox of Choice
Increasing the number of choices can paradoxically lead to anxiety and choice paralysis in decision-making.
Altruism
The principle or practice of concern for the welfare of others, which can result in a behavior that does not directly benefit oneself.
Ego Depletion
The concept that self-control or willpower draws upon a limited pool of mental resources that can be used up.
Gambler's Fallacy
The mistaken belief that if an event happened more frequently than expected in the past, it is less likely to happen in the future, or vice versa, when the events are independent.
Illusion of Control
The tendency for people to overestimate their ability to control events, particularly random or chance-based events.
Bias Blind Spot
The cognitive bias of recognizing the impact of biases on the judgment of others while failing to see the impact of biases on one's own judgment.
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