Behavioral Economics Batchelor

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Why does Naresh have some of his paycheck deposited directly into a savings account on a regular basis?

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Financial

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What does Ginny mean by saying, "I made a budget for myself in my personal finance class and used my values to decide how I want to use my money"?

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Ginny identified what is important to her and used that knowledge to decide how to use her money.

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What are social values, as they pertain to money?

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How your family, friends, and community members impact your feelings about money

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Behavioral economics...

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Combines economics and psychology to study why people behave the way they do in the real world

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Cognitive bias is…

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An error in the way we think that can influence our decisions

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Advertisers know that a thirty-three percent discount sounds like a better deal than a discount of one third. This best illustrates:

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framing.

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When people have the tendency to think they know more than they do

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Overconfidence

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Airline reservations typically decline after a highly publicized airplane crash because people overestimate the incidence of such disasters. In such instances, people’s decisions are being influenced by:

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The availability heuristic

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Example of consumer response to ground beef described as “75 percent lean” vs. “25 percent fat”.

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The framing effect

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Incentivization Bias is when people’s decisions are influenced by rewards or punishments, sometimes in ways that distort fairness, truth, or judgment.

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