Thursday, September 4, 2008

Summary lecture 4

Hi guys, this so far unnamed lecture touched upon the Subjectivity of Money, the importance of Roles and Mental Accounting.
Some key lessons:

Decision processes can be manipulated by:

  • Using high or low reference points (anchoring)
  • Framing decisions as losses or gains
    • People are more loss-averse than gain-seeking

Below you will find an interesting lecture by Richard Thaler, the person who pioneered theory on mental accounting.

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