dark side of information or proliferation

Question 1

proliferation

Answer 1

rapid increase in the number or amount of something

Question 2

persuasion influence acronym

Answer 2

controls out behaviour

mindspace

Question 3

M

Answer 3

messenger - use attractive - credible sources

Question 4

I

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incentives - use rewards/ punishment

Question 5

N

Answer 5

use social proof eg stats

Question 6

D

Answer 6

defaults- make the choice for them

Question 7

S

Answer 7

salience - make it obvious and available

Question 8

P

Answer 8

priming associate it to good / bad stuff

Question 9

A

Answer 9

Affect- make it emotional

Question 10

C

Answer 10

Commitments- get people to commit

Question 11

E

Answer 11

Ego - make it reflect on your identity

Question 12

information proliferation

Answer 12

a wealth of info creates a poverty of attention

Question 13

selection

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process of selecting information based on features valued by cognition

Question 14

miller and roodenrys

Answer 14

concrete words are more easily recalled in memory tasks

Question 15

sadoski

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language composed of more concrete language is both more interesting and easer to understand

Question 16

de groot + kejzer

Answer 16

concrete words are more readily learned by both first and second language learners

Question 17

factors forces influencing info evolution

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selection for belief consistent information
selection for negative info
selection for social info
selection for predictive info

Question 18

selection for belief of consistent info

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aka confirmation bias
we mainly look for evidence to support what already know
amplify biases

Question 19

selection for negative info

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why do we care so much about bad stuff - loss aversion - we fear losses more than we value equivalent gains h

Question 20

selection for social info

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bandura - people imitate others

asch- many people will publicly reject what they know when confronted with a group of people who feel differently

Question 21

selection for predictive info

Answer 21

ehrtwig - people underweight rare events when they sample from two options and ones risky
if you increase the number of choices you get selection for risky outcomes