All posts tagged "cognitive bias"
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Michael Schreiner | February 1, 2016
More Time Does Not Mean Higher Quality
A cognitive bias most of share is that if it takes a long time to create then its...
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Michael Schreiner | January 15, 2015
Not For The Faint Of Heart
It might sound counterintuitive but when people are hopeful and motivated to make important lifestyle changes at the start...
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Michael Schreiner | March 25, 2014
Feedback Loop
We have a natural tendency to try to make sense of the world around us by assigning causation...
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Michael Schreiner | February 13, 2014
Loss Aversion
Loss aversion means that you are more negatively affected by the prospect of losing something than you are...
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Michael Schreiner | February 6, 2014
Power Of The Word Because
I’m usually pretty skeptical of the word ‘because’ when people are explaining their life issues. It’s a way...
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Michael Schreiner | January 23, 2014
Paranoia
One of the factors that complicates the experience of paranoia is that in many cases, there is evidence to...
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Michael Schreiner | October 18, 2013
Anchors
Most of us form opinions about ourselves and the world based on anchors, or set points on which...
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Michael Schreiner | October 25, 2012
Unconscious Conflict
Have you ever noticed yourself capitulating to someone’s argument without really knowing how or why? We often make...