The Decoy Effect – Roberto Cicala Introduction “A cognitive bias is the human tendency to draw incorrect conclusions in certain circumstances based on cognitive factors rather than evidence.” Introduced in 1972 by Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman‚ the concept of “cognitive bias” describes the distorting patterns that occur normally in the processes of social interaction and that induce people to make irrational decisions and/or unreasoning judgments. Cognitive biases are not occasional errors
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Doppler Effect The Doppler effect (or Doppler shift)‚ named after Austrian physicist Christian Doppler who proposed it in 1842‚ is the change in frequency of a wave for an observer moving relative to the source of the wave. It is commonly heard when a vehicle sounding a siren or horn approaches‚ passes‚ and recedes from an observer. The received frequency is higher (compared to the emitted frequency) during the approach‚ it is identical at the instant of passing by‚ and it is lower during the
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The Effects of Workaholism The busy life put people in many pressures that make people become stressful and most of them become workaholism. This is the symptom that people are addicted to work‚ they do not actually enjoy the work‚ because they simply feel compelled to do it. Their families‚ their social life and their health are the main effects that are influenced by this lifestyle. First and foremost‚ workaholism adversely affect their families. They will have
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The destructive effects of an earthquake can be classified into primary and secondary effects. Primary effects are the immediate damage caused by the quake‚ such as collapsing buildings‚ roads and bridges‚ which may kill many people. Those lucky enough to survive can suffer badly from shock and panic. Secondary effects are the after-effects of the earthquake‚ such as fires‚ tidal waves‚ landslides and disease. Fire - earthquakes destroy gas pipes and electric cables‚ causing fires to spread
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The Doctrine of Double Effect (DDE) is often invoked to explain the permissibility of an individual’s action that has two outcomes: one where the end result can be foresee and is good‚ the other that can also be foresee and is bad (Goldworth‚ Amnon‚ 2008). In other words‚ this doctrine is used to justify cases such as where doctors give drugs to patients to relieve severe pain (good result) knowing that doing so may shorten their life span (bad result). Under DDE‚ this action is justifiable because
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society or within a culture. Psychologists have come to find that the way a person acts influences others either positively or negatively. Behavior‚ above all other things‚ describes why the bystander effect happens. In 1968‚ Bibb Latané and John Darley were the first to demonstrate the bystander effect. Darley and Latané arrived at the conclusion that the number of people within an area influences the likelihood of intervention during an emergency (Latané and Darley‚ 1968). Emergency‚ in this definition
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Russia and Brazil as noteworthy examples. Tourism is important‚ and in some cases‚ vital for many countries. It was recognized in the Manila Declaration on World Tourism of 1980 as "an activity essential to the life of nations because of its direct effects on the social‚ cultural‚ educational‚ and economic sectors of national societies and on their international relations." Tourism brings in large amounts of income in payment for goods and services available‚ accounting for 30% of the world’s exports
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Bystander Apathy and Effect The bystander apathy‚ or bystander effect is a social psychological phenomenon that happens when somebody doesn’t offer help to a victim when other people are present. There is an inverse relationship between the number of bystanders and the probability of help. This implies that the likelihood of receiving help reduces with an increase in the number of bystanders. There are several explanations for the bystander effect. Although social psychologists have focused on two
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The Effects of Abortion Every year in the United States 6 million women become pregnant. Over one million of those women make the decision to have an abortion during various stages of their pregnancy (Healthwise‚ 2008). There are many reasons that a woman may choose to have an abortion including birth control failure‚ inability to support or care for the child‚ or unwanted pregnancy. Some other reasons why a woman may get an abortion may be to avoid having a child with a birth defect or severe medical
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Exercise and Its Effects on Learning Jennifer Bowden English 101 Erin Brescia May 26‚ 2013 1. 1. What is the cause or effect you are analyzing in your thesis? How exercising effects learning 2. How have you explained the cause-and-effect relationship? Exercise causes the brain to create new cells and chemicals increasing the capability to learn 3. Have I organized my causes and/or effects logically? Yes 4. Have I concluded my essay effectively? yes 5. Identify one change you
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