Acclaimed author Jean G. Boulton once wrote, “Wishing the world was predictable and controllable does not make it so, and it might make us disregard what is actually happening.” While this quote ...

Nevertheless, that is not the only aspect of our thinking that can impact our decisions. For example, the perspective through which we are viewing a choice (sometimes called a reference point, or ...

Last time, we began exploring some of the ways that our thought processes can impact our own decision-making (and be used to persuade other people too). Specifically, we looked at a dual-process model ...