Browsing Psychology by Author "Moher, Ester"
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The bracketing breakdown: An exploration of risk tolerance in broad and narrow choice frames
Moher, Ester (University of Waterloo, 2009-09-01)The field of decision making has largely focused on the influence of contextual factors on risk tolerance. Much work has focused on how the problem itself is presented, in hopes of understanding the circumstances under ... -
Tempering optimistic bias in temporal predictions: The role of psychological distance in the unpacking effect
Moher, Ester (University of Waterloo, 2012-08-20)People typically underestimate the time it will take them to complete tasks, even when they are familiar with the process of executing those tasks (the “planning fallacy”; Kahneman & Tversky, 1979; Buehler, Griffin & Ross, ...