Blind spots and biases : hidden forces that shape your decisions /

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...

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Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Chicago, IL : Learning Seed, 2010.
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Dec. 9, 2014).
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (24 min.)
Previously released as DVD.
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