(a) "Small changes to context can greatly influence outcomes."
(b) "Rules of thumb create systematic bias" - AAR
Anchoring
- "Anchoring and adjustment"
- Previous context changes direction of guess systematically
Availability
- Recency of event occurrence
- Stock price momentum
- Visual aids; more deaths from cyclone than from asthma, is it really true?
Representativeness
- Is A representative of B?
- Defies logic of probability
(c) RECAP approach to complex decisions
- Record
- Evaluate
- Compare alternative prices
(d) Nudges for choice architects
- iNcentive
- Understand mapping (of features to outcome for cost/benefit analysis)
- Focus on Default