Educating young minds about the psychology behind decision-making
Beating Your Subconscious
Blog Post #8: Intrinsic VS Extrinsic Motivation
This blog post dives into what drives our motivation and breaks down intrinsic VS extrinsic motivation, and how we can better ourselves through understanding the ‘crowding out’ principle.
Blog Post #7: The Peak End Rule: How to Use a Cognitive Bias to Our Advantage
This blog post dives into how we can use a cognitive bias to our advantage, and introduces the peak end rule.
Blog Post #6: A Behavioral Economics Perspective on Procrastination
This blog post explores a behavioral economics perspective on procrastination. It explains why we procrastinate, and introduces a fundamental behavioral economics concept that is directly tied to procrastination.
Blog Post #5: The Psychology Behind Social Media
This blog post looks into the algorithms behind social media platforms, how they make money, and what makes them so addictive.
Blog Post #4: The Psychology of Spending
This blog post explores the psychology of spending in cash versus credit cards, relating how the concept of the pain of paying leads us to spending more on credit cards than with cash.
Blog Post #3: “Pay to Win” Games
This blog post dives into the reality behind “pay to win” games, what motivates players to pay, and the systems created by game developers to incentivize people to spend money.
Blog Post #2: Tipping Culture
This blog post delves into the history of tipping culture and how it has evolved over time. It also explores the social expectations and human inclinations of tipping.
Blog Post #1: Does money truly buy happiness?
This blog post delves into the widely debated question of whether money buys true happiness, and explores the psychological factors behind why we might think so.