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Author Shotton, Richard, author.

Title The choice factory : how 25 behavioural biases influence the products we decide to buy / by Richard Shotton.

Publication Info. Great Britain : Harriman House, 2018.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  380 SHOTTON    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 202 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "By observing a typical day of decision-making, from trivial food choices to significant work-place moves, he investigates how our behavior is shaped by psychological shortcuts. With a clear focus on the marketing potential of knowing what makes us tick, Shotton has drawn on evidence from academia, real-life ad campaigns and his own original research"--Back cover
Contents The 25 biases. The fundamental attribution error -- Social proof -- Negative social proof -- Distinctiveness -- Habit -- The pain of payment -- The danger of claimed data -- Mood -- Price relativity -- Primacy effect -- Expectancy theory -- Confirmation bias -- Overconfidence -- Wishful seeing -- Media context -- The curse of knowledge -- Goodhart's law -- The Pratfall effect -- Winner's curse -- The power of the group -- Veblen goods -- The replicability crisis -- Variability -- Cocktail party effect -- Scarcity -- Ethics -- Conclusion.
Subject Consumer behavior.
Influence (Psychology)
Consumers -- Attitudes.
Consumer behavior. (OCoLC)fst00876238
Consumers -- Attitudes. (OCoLC)fst00876411
Influence (Psychology) (OCoLC)fst00972486
Business and Management.
Added Title How 25 behavioural biases influence the products we decide to buy
How twenty-five behavioural biases influence the products we decide to buy
Cover Title Choice factory : 25 behavioural biases that influence what we buy
ISBN 085719609X
9780857196095
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