Behavioral Insights
Practical applications of behavioral science to understand and influence human behavior in various contexts.
1188 topics found for
“deceptive design”
Present Bias
A cognitive bias where individuals give stronger weight to payoffs that are closer to the present time compared to those in the future.
Diversification Bias
A cognitive bias where people prefer a greater variety of options when making simultaneous choices compared to sequential choices.
Inflection Point
A moment of significant change in a process or system, where the direction of growth, performance, or trend shifts markedly.
Intertemporal Choice
The study of how people make choices about what and how much to do at various points in time, often involving trade-offs between costs and benefits occurring at different times.
Choice Paralysis
A situation in which an individual is unable to make a decision due to the overwhelming number of options available.
GIGO
Garbage In-Garbage Out (GIGO) is a principle stating that the quality of output is determined by the quality of the input, especially in computing and data processing.
Adaptive Control of Thought
A cognitive architecture model that explains how humans can learn and adapt to new tasks.
Focusing Effect
A cognitive bias where people place too much importance on one aspect of an event, causing errors in judgment.