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Paul Adams

Summary of Nudge

  • Janna S.has quoted3 years ago
    Because lawmakers adjust policy to address constituents’ fears, there are cases in which policy and resources are directed towards the most feared instead of the most likely danger.
  • Janna S.has quoted3 years ago
    tic; if someone has experienced a hurricane, they are more likely to believe in its impact and probability.
  • Janna S.has quoted3 years ago
    The availability heuristic is easily defined as assessing risk based on how quickly and easily examples come to mind.
  • Janna S.has quoted3 years ago
    money to health and freedom, Thaler and Sunstein posit that humans regularly make mistakes based on fallacies and other factors involved in decision-making; the authors propose that a “nudge”, given by private or public institutions, might help individuals make better decisions.
  • Janna S.has quoted3 years ago
    theory of libertarian paternalism
  • emmayagmurovahas quoted4 years ago
    The answer to the wild difference in brain function, the authors describe, is attributed to two different kinds of thinking; the Automatic System and the Reflective System
  • Daria Kudryavtsevahas quoted5 years ago
    availability heuristic is easily defined as assessing risk based on how quickly and easily examples come to mind
  • Daria Kudryavtsevahas quoted5 years ago
    This is, the authors posit, why professionals may sometimes refer to the danger of “thinking too much
  • Daria Kudryavtsevahas quoted5 years ago
    self-conscious thought. It is the system commonly used when answering the question to multiplication problems or deciding which route to take on a trip
  • Daria Kudryavtsevahas quoted5 years ago
    the Automatic System and the Reflective System
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