PSY-8 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cognitive Miser, Field Experiment, Migraine
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Research has demonstrated that once someone has decided, they have over-inflated their confidence. Ex: those who were waiting in line to place a bet were asked how confident they were. They also asked people who had just put their money how confident they were. Those who had already put their money down on a specific horse were more confident than those waiting to place the bet. Ex: field experiment at a university library. They had someone who was making a copy with someone behind the subject. They had another person come up and say, can i cut in front of you? 50% of the time, people said yes. Sometimes the person said can i cut in front of you because i have to make copies 80% of the time, people say yes. Then, the person sometimes said, can i cut in front of you because i was sick and need to copy notes? (80%)
