Mod 2: Behavioral Finance, Communication, and Counseling Principles Flashcards

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Behavioral Finance, Communication, and Counseling Principles

Cognitive Error.

You believe you can control the outcome of an event when you cannot.

A

Illusion of Control

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Behavioral Finance, Communication, and Counseling Principles

Cognitive Error.

You have a tendency to think one dollar has the same value today, tomorrow, and into the future, without considering inflation.

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Money Illusion

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Behavioral Finance, Communication, and Counseling Principles

Cognitive Error.

You initially form a rational view but fail to change that view as new information becomes available.

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Conservatism Bias

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Cognitive Error.

You have a selective memory of the past and have a tendency to remember your correct views and forget your errors.

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Hindsight Bias

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Cognitive Error.

You look for ways to justify your current beliefs.

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Confirmation Bias

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Cognitive Error.

When considering your choices in a decision, you tend to recall a past experience similar to the present decision-making situation, and assume one is like the other.

A

Representativeness

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Cognitive Error.

You tend to place money into separate mental “accounts” based on the purpose of these accounts.

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Mental Accounting

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Cognitive Error.

You have conflicting attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors that cause a feeling of mental discomfort. This leads to changing some of your attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors to reduce your discomfort and feel more balanced.

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Cognitive Dissonance

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Cognitive Error.

You take credit for your successes and either blame others or external influences for your failures.

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Self-attribution Bias

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Cognitive Error.

You make irrational decisions based on information that should have no influence on the decisions at hand.

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Anchoring and Adjustment

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Cognitive Error.

You tend to take a course of action based on the outcomes of prior events, ignoring current conditions.

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Outcome Bias

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Cognitive Error.

You process and respond to information based on the manner in which it is presented.

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Framing Bias

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Cognitive Error.

You give recent information more importance because you remember it most distinctly.

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Recency Bias

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Emotional Bias.

You fear losses much more than you value gains, and you prefer avoiding losses to acquiring the same amount in gains.

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Loss Aversion

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Emotional Bias.

You believe that you control random events merely by acquiring more knowledge and consider your abilities to be much better than they are.

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Overconfidence

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Emotional Bias.

You lack self-discipline and favor immediate gratification over long-term goals.

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Self-control Bias

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Emotional Bias.

You are comfortable with an existing situation, which leads to an unwillingness to make changes, even though the changes are beneficial.

A

Status Quo Bias

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Emotional Bias.

You think an asset you own is worth more than it is because it is yours.

A

Endowment Bias

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Emotional Bias.

You do nothing out of excess fear that your decisions or actions could be wrong.

A

Regret Aversion Bias

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Emotional Bias.

You make decisions based on how you believe the outcomes will represent your interests and values.

A

Affinity Bias

21
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The tradeoff that clients are willing to make between potential risks and rewards.

A

Risk Tolerance

22
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The client’s assessment of the magnitude of the risks being traded off.

A

Risk Perception

23
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The degree to which a clients’s financial resources can cushion risks.

A

Risk Capacity

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Clients with visual learning styles tend to respond to…

A

Visual objects, such as:

  • graphs
  • charts
  • pictures
  • reading information
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Clients with auditory learning styles retain information by…

A

Hearing or speaking.

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Clients with kinesthetic learning styles understand concepts better using…

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A hands-on approach. For example, writing goals and objectives with bullet points as they are formulated.

27
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A process that helps clients change poor financial behavior through education and guidance.

A

Financial Counseling

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Reflect a person’s opinions, values, and wants

A

Attitudes

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Type of attitude because they reveal the understanding of some aspect of a person’s life.

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Beliefs

30
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Attitudes and beliefs for which a person feels strongly

A

Values

31
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What is a client’s context composed of?

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Past history or any conditions that presently exist

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What affects a client’s context?

A
  • Cultural Influences
  • Religious Preferences
  • Individual Family Circumstances
  • Age
  • Current Life Cycle Stage