You judge strangers as kinder based purely on appearance.
The halo effect is the tendency for an overall impression of a person to influence your feelings about their character.
Edward Thorndike, 1920
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You judge strangers as kinder based purely on appearance.
The halo effect is the tendency for an overall impression of a person to influence your feelings about their character.
Edward Thorndike, 1920
#psychology #science #cognitivebias
“Holding your brain hostage against your own stupidity - that was how to get stuff done.”
#BookSky #Books #EpicFantasy #MentalResilience #CognitiveBias
You are less likely to help someone if you are in a crowd.
The bystander effect demonstrates that the presence of others reduces your perceived personal responsibility to intervene.
Darley and Latané, 1968, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
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Asking if you will act makes you more likely to.
The mere measurement effect describes a phenomenon where measuring intentions may influence subsequent behavior, though this effect is highly context-dependent.
Fitzsimons and Morwitz (2001)
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You judge objects as more valuable if they are scarce.
The scarcity heuristic leads people to place a higher value on items that are perceived as rare or difficult to obtain.
Worchel, Lee, and Adewole (1975)
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Your brain tracks background noise until your name is spoken.
The cocktail party effect describes your ability to focus your attention on one voice while ignoring other background stimuli.
E. Colin Cherry (1953), The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
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You systematically overestimate how much you know about topics.
Lichtenstein, Fischhoff, and Phillips, 1982, Judgment Under Uncertainty
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You repeat a false statement until you believe it.
Hasher, Goldstein, and Toppino, 1977, Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior
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So is a civil war coming? Probably not. Fight in the comments about it. The reality is we’re in a cognitive minefield and everyone is looking at the far ends of the political spectrum. What you is is all there is (WYSIATI) #theunderreport #geopolitics #civilwar #cognitivebias #thinkingfastandslow
Your current mood dictates your tolerance for risk.
The affect heuristic means that your feelings act as a shortcut for making complex decisions.
Slovic, Finucane, Peters, and MacGregor, 2007, European Journal of Operational Research
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You avoid action to prevent the possibility of regret.
The omission bias is the tendency to judge harmful actions as worse than equally harmful instances of inaction.
Ritov and Baron, 1990, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
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You remember information best when it relates to you.
The self-reference effect demonstrates that humans have superior recall for information processed in relation to their own life and traits.
Rogers, Kuiper, and Kirker, 1977
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Is AI going to end the world? Maybe! But there’s a version of this that is almost more lame than what they’re talking about. #theunderreport #geopolitics #cognitivebias #aiapocalypse #anthropic Sub to my YouTube (20 podcast episodes)
You value a service more when you see the work.
The labor illusion suggests that users perceive more value in a service if they observe the effort required to produce it.
Buell and Norton, 2011
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You don’t have to reject what you inherited. But you should know why you believe it. Repetition can make an idea feel true. Evidence tells us whether it deserves to stay. #CognitiveBias #CriticalThinking #FaithAndReason #Deconstruction #ABIDE
Internal teams analyze complex choices using the same assumptions that created their current bottlenecks.
https://cxo.guru/5-decisions-growing-companies-should-not-make
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How do we think good about stuff? Here’s part 4 in my breakdown of the inside view versus the outside view. #theunderreport #geopolitics #cognitivebias #thinkingfastandslow #intel Link for free intel
Your team is why your transformation is failing.
Not because they're not smart enough.
Because they're TOO smart.
Intelligence creates blind spots.
Issue 235 explains the paradox: hubs.ly/Q04v_p_z0
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Your team is why your transformation is failing.
Not because they're not smart enough.
Because they're TOO smart.
Intelligence creates blind spots.
Issue 235 explains the paradox: hubs.ly/Q04v_p_z0
#LeadershipPsychology #CognitiveBias #OrganizationalBehavior #Leadership
Your team is why your transformation is failing.
Not because they're not smart enough.
Because they're TOO smart.
Intelligence creates blind spots.
Issue 235 explains the paradox: hubs.ly/Q04v_p_z0
#LeadershipPsychology #CognitiveBias #OrganizationalBehavior #Leadership