MEJO 569 Midterm

Number of Options

An overload of options may end up paralyzing people into making no decision or pushing them into decisions that are against their own interest

How motivation wires us to resist change

Craving, scarcity (when there is a shortage, we want it more), exhaustion (self-restraint is limited)

Three Rings of Intimacy

Family, community, culture

Uncertain Outcomes

Dealing with a challenge in a field you know very little about may have unbelievably personal stakes

Stressful Situations

Dealing with stressful events may require lots of effort and can deplete attentional resources

How to manage limited mental processing

Defaults, limited choices

Specific Objectives

Objectives that create trackable clarity around our higher-order goals

How to break out of existing meaning filters (past assumptions)

Reframe, redirect, recode

Confirmation Bias

Seeking out information that we already believe

Terrible too's of goals

Too big, too tired, too comfortable, too focused

Self-Serving Bias

We have the tendency to perceive ourselves in an overly favorable manner

Availability Bias

We tend to overweight information that first and readily comes to mind

Complexity of Information

When information gets too complex, people tend to limit their focus to the most familiar concepts or take mental shortcuts

Optimism Bias

When we look into the future, we tend to overestimate positive outcomes and underestimate negative ones

Motivation Recipe

benefits + effort + ability

Satisficing

choosing a "good enough" alternative; characterized by low dissatisfaction and low hope

Higher-Order Ambitions

Broad, abstract goals that guide our lives

Immediate Actions

Clear-cut actions and plans that satisfy the higher-order goal and specific objective in a tangible and immediate way

Status Quo Bias

Leads us to resist change and try to keep things just the way they are

Mastery

The need to feel competent and able to manage the world and challenges we face

Belonging

The need to feel connected to others, to feel understood and cared for

Security

The need to feel emotionally and physically safe from anticipated harm

Autonomy

The need to feel independent, be in control and trust that our beliefs are valued.

Purpose

The need to feel that we are accomplishing things of value to the world beyond ourselves

Fairness

The need to feel that we are being treated the same as others, are getting our due, and not being prejudiced.

Loss Aversion Bias

The tendency to be more affected by losses than we are by equivalent gains