Nudge Chapter 4 Flashcards
When do people need a nudge?
When the nudge is helpful and least likely to inflict harm. Also, when decisions need scarce attention, when decisions are difficult, when people don’t get a prompt feedback, and when they have problem translating aspects of a situation into terms they understand
What are reminders?
They work as nudges in helping people remember something that they need to do.
What are examples of nudges?
Get out the vote that served in reminding people to vote and asked questions when they would go out and vote
What are checklists?
A list of things that need to be done and serve as a nudge. It also works as choice architecture.
When does self control arise?
Self control arises when choices and their consequences are separated in time. People often struggle with self control be cause they want immediate rewards.
What is degree of difficulty?
An idea that is used to measure how difficult something is in a skill, performance, or course
What is frequency?
How often something is to occur
What is an example of frequency?
Picking a college (only once), marrying someone, playing a game, etc
What is feedback?
When people get told comments that are immediate and clear after doing something .
What are is true about feedback?
We only get feedback on the options we select and not the ones we reject.
What is an example of what is true about feedback?
Picking the same road each time without exploring another one. This makes us never know if there is a shorter route
What is true about long term processes and feedback?
We rarely get feedback. For example, a person can have a terrible diet and have no feedback until they get a heartattack
What is needed when feedback is not effective?
nudge
