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Client actions are organized into what two groups?

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Cognitive errors and emotional biases

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What are cognitive errors?

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Due to faulty reasoning

Lack of understanding of proper statistical analysis techniques, information, processing mistakes, memory errors

Often can be corrected or mitigated with better training or information

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What are the 13 cognitive errors?

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  1. Illusion of control bias
  2. Conservatism bias
  3. Hindsight bias.
  4. Confirmation bias.
  5. Representativeness bias
  6. Mental accounting.
  7. Self attribution bias.
  8. Adjustment.
  9. Outcome bias.
  10. Anchoring.
  11. Framing bias.
  12. Recency bias.
  13. Herding
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What is the illusion of control bias?

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Think they can influence outcomes when they cannot

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What is conservatism bias?

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Initially assume a rational view, but failed to change that view as new information becomes available

Do not adjust to new information

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What is hindsight bias?

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Selective memory of past events, actions

Tend to remember their correct views forget the errors

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What is confirmation bias?

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Market participants look for new information to support an existing view

Become overly attached to some investments, only bring up information favorable to the holding

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What is representativeness?

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Believe the past will persist

New information is classified based on previous experiences

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What is mental accounting?

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Also known as money jar mentality

Tendency of individuals to put their money into separate accounts, based on the function of these accounts

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What is self attribution bias?

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Ego defense mechanism, having to admit making a mistake

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What is anchoring?

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Irrational decisions, based on information that should have no influence on the decisions at hand

Risky when people know a little about the product being purchased, or service, being delivered, or investment being made

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What is adjustment?

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Clinging on to an initial estimate, not adjusting for new information

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What is outcome bias?

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Tendency for individuals to take a course of action based on the outcomes of prior events

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What is framing bias?

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People are given a frame of reference a set of beliefs or values, which they use to interpret facts or conditions, as they make decisions

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What is recency bias?

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Recent information is given more important because it is most vividly remembered

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What is herding?

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Investors trade in the same direction for the same securities and possibly trade contrary to the information they have available

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What are emotional biases?

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Not related to conscious thought stand from feelings, impulses, or intuition

More difficult to overcome may have to be accommodated

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What are emotional biases?

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Not related to conscious thought stand from feelings, impulses, or intuition

More difficult to overcome may have to be accommodated

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What are the eight emotional bias theories?

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  1. Prospect theory.
  2. Loss aversion theory
  3. Over confidence.
  4. Self control bias
  5. Status quo bias.
  6. Endowment bias.
  7. Regret aversion bias
  8. Affinity bias.
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What is prospect theory?

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Having a loss is much more than valuing gains

Often choose the smaller of two potential gains if it avoids a sure loss

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What is loss aversion theory?

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Involves clients, valuing gains and losses differently

Makes decisions based on perceive Gaines, rather than perceived losses

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What is overconfidence?

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Believe that they can control random events, merely by acquiring more knowledge, and consider their abilities to be much better than they are

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What is self control bias?

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Lack self discipline and favor, immediate gratification over long-term goals

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What is status quo bias?

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Comfort with an existing situation leads to an unwillingness to make changes

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What is endowment bias?

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Asset is deemed special and more valuable, simply because it is already owned

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What is regret aversion bias?

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Market participants, do nothing out of excess fear that actions could be wrong

Attach undo wait to actions of commissions (doing something) do not consider actions of omission (doing nothing) sense of regret and pain, stronger for acts of commission

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What is affinity bias?

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Tendency to favor things that one can identify with emotionally because they are familiar

28
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During meetings, what type of behaviors should planners be aware of between marriages and family members?

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Arguing during sessions

Discussing financial disagreements at home

One partner, speaking more frequently than the other

One partner, interrupting, and or speaking over the other

Behaving in a way that represents nonverbal behaviors related to conflict, such as crossing, arms, rolling eyes sitting far from one another, no iContact between partners

Criticizing or speaking sarcastically to the other partner

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What are the four stages of the social penetration theory?

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Stage one orientation

Stage two exploration

Stage three affective exchange

Stage four stable exchange

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What happens in each of the four stages of the social penetration theory?

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Stage one orientation begins before the first meeting and then in initial communication

Stage stage two exploration begin to discuss the financial planning process in more detail

Stage three affective exchange planner client relationship because one of significant trust

Stage for stable exchange clients and planners have developed a consistent and established pattern together

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What are non-directive counseling skills?

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Encourage clients to reflect, and share their goals, beliefs, traditions, cultural background, feelings, and concerns in a thorough and open manner

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What are the four nondirective counseling skills?

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  1. Clarification, used to ensure the planner understands the client.
  2. Paraphrasing. Planners use their words to express something that was said by their client.
  3. Summarizing, brief outline of a discussion call Al, the planner to verify that they are capturing clients, Keagle‘s values and intentions at that point in the dialogue.
  4. Reflection mirroring the emotional state or mood of the client in words build rapport, the client fosters a relationship of trust.
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Non-directive counseling skills

Paraphrasing

This contributes to helpful communication in what three ways?

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Ensures that they have heard their clients correctly

Clients are given the opportunity to self reflect

Clients can provide correction if the planners paraphrased it accurately

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Non-directive counseling skills

Paraphrasing

What two types of paraphrase are there and how are they used?

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Restatement paraphrase, planner essentially repeats what the client says in another way, limited value, because it’s simply just to clarify what the client has said.

Second type meeting paraphrase, restate client statements in the context of what the planner believes the clients have in mind.

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What is directive counseling skills?

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Financial planner centered or financial planner directed planner, takes the lead in choosing how the conversation progresses with employing directive, communication skills

36
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What is directive counseling skills?

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Financial planner centered or financial planner directed planner, takes the lead in choosing how the conversation progresses with employing directive, communication skills

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What are the eight directive counseling skills?

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  1. Interpretation.
  2. Reframing.
  3. Explanation.
  4. Advice.
  5. Suggestion.
  6. Urging.
  7. Confrontation.
  8. Ultimatum.
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Directive counseling skills

What is the interpretation skill?

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Helps client understand their situation’s using financial terms and principles

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Directive counseling skills

What is reframing?

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Helps clients shift their perspectives by considering the circumstances, feelings, or thoughts from another viewpoint

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A directive counseling skills

What is explanation?

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A descriptive statement used to make something more straightforward or understandable

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Are directive counseling skills

What is the advice skill?

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Giving directions to a client, clients may benefit from giving advice with permission

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Are directive counseling skills

What is the advice skill?

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Giving directions to a client, clients may benefit from giving advice with permission

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Directive counseling skills

What is the suggestion skill?

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Different from advice because it includes helping clients choose a course of action through their own initiative

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Directive counseling skills

What is the urging skill?

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Prompting the client to take immediate action, typically practiced in crisis, should be used sparingly

45
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Directive counseling skills

What is the confrontation skill?

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Planners directly, share their disagreement with their client

Utilized when there is high trust already developed

Used when a client needs to be prompted into action

Can backfire

Disagreement does not need to be forceful or hurtful

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Directive counseling skills

What is the confrontation skill?

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Planners directly, share their disagreement with their client

Utilized when there is high trust already developed

Used when a client needs to be prompted into action

Can backfire

Disagreement does not need to be forceful or hurtful

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Directive counseling skills

What is the ultimatum skill?

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Giving a client, the choice to change behavior immediately or the client planer relationship will end, usually clients behavior becomes dysfunctional

48
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What are the six general principles of affective communication?

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Emotional intelligence

Active listening

Leading responses

Body language

Context

Mirroring

49
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What is emotional intelligence?

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Recognize emotional expressions in oneself and the client

50
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What is active listening?

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Pay full attention to what Client says, paraphrasing the client comments for full understanding

51
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What is leading responses?

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Guide the client to give more detailed responses meeting of the minds more likely

52
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What is body language?

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Involves facial expressions, gestures, body posture; impacts how messages are received more than any other type of communication

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What is the effective communication of context?

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Past history or conditions that exist during communication should be considered by the planner

Includes clients, attitudes, values, biases, cultural, influences, age and expertise

Planners recognition of his own attitudes, values, biases, behaviors, and the impact they may have on any recommendations made for clients as equally important

54
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What is the effective communication of mirroring?

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Imitating clients gestures, physical positions, or by using a similar verbal style

55
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What are the three learning styles?

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Visual

Auditory

Kinesthetic

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How do people learn that are visual?

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Respond to visual objects, such as graphs, charts, pictures, and reading information

57
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How do people learn that are auditory?

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They retain information by hearing or speaking most effective. His clients needs priorities and goals are discussed before being reduced to writing.

58
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How do people learn that are kinesthetic in learning?

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Learning styles, understand concepts, better using a hands-on approach. Examples include writing, goals, and objectives with bullet points as they are formulated engages clients with this type of learning style.

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Financial counseling

What is the economic and resource approach to financial planning?

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The planner assumes that their clients will be rational and will change if given the appropriate counseling your financial planner takes on the responsibility of guiding change to focus on using this approach is to obtain and analyze quantitative data

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Financial counseling

What is the classical economics approach?

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Clients choose among alternatives based on objectively defined cost benefit and risk return trade-offs

Increasing financial resources or reducing financial expenditures results in improved financial outcomes

61
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Financial counseling

What is the strategic management approach?

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A clients goals and values drive the client planner relationship

Planner conducts SWOT analysis, which identifies strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It is done early in the financial process, and the planner serves as a consultant.

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Financial counseling

What is the cognitive behavioral approach?

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Clients attitudes, beliefs and values influenced their behavior, planners using this approach attempt to substitute negative beliefs that lead to poor financial decisions with positive attitude, which should result in better financial results

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