Very enjoyable essay packed with valuable information. I can absolutely think of times in my life where one or more of these heuristics are present. It is a great reminder to slow down and think. I stepped right into the attribute substitution heuristic with the Bat example. Thank you for this work you are putting forth. Side note, I'm convinced that indeed an invisible crab is messing with my mind.
I think this is the first article where I struggled with the result of heuristics. What I mean by this is that the other articles, it was more obvious to me to see how heuristics can cause major errors through a matter of assumptions. However, the social proof heuristic in this article caused me to really think deeply about how heuristics are used in my life. Are the assumptions sometimes helpful? Yes, they can make decision-making much quicker. However, does relying on heuristics mean that you are truly trying to find the best solution? Definitely not. Heuristics, while helpful in situations that decisions need to be made quickly, should never be our default; rather, it should be used as a tool in specific situations.
Something I find truly fascinating when thinking about how all of these heuristics are applied in my daily life is how they layer on top of, and nest into one another. It seems to me that I am never simply applying one of these, but rather many at one time and in different ways due to whatever my environment is presenting at me at any given moment. This is an amazing piece of information to have and one that I will continue to consider while I read more and think about this writing. Great stuff here!!
"A core motivator of human psychological choice is the fear of death. If what you have gone through though immensely horrific, did not kill you, it still seems the safer choice than what is out there that can kill you."
WOW. This brought many intense feelings and thoughts for me as I process my own frustrations with myself and others for not choosing out of horrible situations/patterns. Knowledge can be power in this regard, and seeing the reasons why behind this can truly help someone step out of these damaging and dangerous patterns. Thank you for sharing all of this material. I pray that it reaches far and wide!
This post really resonates with me. In particular, I can see many areas I apply the attribute substitution heuristic, the social proof heuristic, and the peak-end heuristic. I was thinking, with the first, how I often reframe questions asked of me to be the questions I want to be asked which bring them down to my level and set up that win that you talked about. It seems to have a similar structure to the red herring fallacy or straw man fallacy and functions, for me, as a way to extract gratification from the environment and bolster unassailability. With the social proof heuristic, I can see how this painfully contributes to the erosion of one's identity over time. I have personally experienced this in one-to-one relationships and can observe this on a grand scale with the advent of social media. To respond to your questions on the peak-end rule heuristic:
At first, I didn't experience anything in particular when I read the paragraph. When I went back and read it the second time, I felt, with the athlete, a sense of expectation of praise which would be accompanied by further elation, enjoyment and confidence for the athlete, and then the crushing disappointment of the coach's acknowledgment not being what was expected. I think the expectation paired with the criticism is what would likely contribute to a future memory of the experience as negative. I can think specifically back to times in my life where this has happened, in both cases you mentioned. On the one hand, there have been times when I felt a criticism was inappropriate to the moment, or was unwarranted, and then on the other, I can attribute my response to my own defensiveness as opposed to the criticism being in appropriate. It's difficult to discern how much my own emotional response is at play in either scenario, though. I leaned toward agreement with the athlete, or at least more understanding of his/her experience in attributing the performance as a failure. My opinion of that is that this would be the most understandable way to recall that experience though not necessarily right. Admittedly, I am getting tangled in the question you asked. The influence of my own opinon, I think, generated the peak-end rule heuristic both in minimizing it at first due to my lack of emotional experience of it, or numbness to it, and in the second reading, in weighting the athlete's experience more heavily than the coach's due to my connection with his experience, which lends to insufficient understanding of both parties involved.
Very enjoyable essay packed with valuable information. I can absolutely think of times in my life where one or more of these heuristics are present. It is a great reminder to slow down and think. I stepped right into the attribute substitution heuristic with the Bat example. Thank you for this work you are putting forth. Side note, I'm convinced that indeed an invisible crab is messing with my mind.
I think this is the first article where I struggled with the result of heuristics. What I mean by this is that the other articles, it was more obvious to me to see how heuristics can cause major errors through a matter of assumptions. However, the social proof heuristic in this article caused me to really think deeply about how heuristics are used in my life. Are the assumptions sometimes helpful? Yes, they can make decision-making much quicker. However, does relying on heuristics mean that you are truly trying to find the best solution? Definitely not. Heuristics, while helpful in situations that decisions need to be made quickly, should never be our default; rather, it should be used as a tool in specific situations.
Something I find truly fascinating when thinking about how all of these heuristics are applied in my daily life is how they layer on top of, and nest into one another. It seems to me that I am never simply applying one of these, but rather many at one time and in different ways due to whatever my environment is presenting at me at any given moment. This is an amazing piece of information to have and one that I will continue to consider while I read more and think about this writing. Great stuff here!!
"A core motivator of human psychological choice is the fear of death. If what you have gone through though immensely horrific, did not kill you, it still seems the safer choice than what is out there that can kill you."
WOW. This brought many intense feelings and thoughts for me as I process my own frustrations with myself and others for not choosing out of horrible situations/patterns. Knowledge can be power in this regard, and seeing the reasons why behind this can truly help someone step out of these damaging and dangerous patterns. Thank you for sharing all of this material. I pray that it reaches far and wide!
This post really resonates with me. In particular, I can see many areas I apply the attribute substitution heuristic, the social proof heuristic, and the peak-end heuristic. I was thinking, with the first, how I often reframe questions asked of me to be the questions I want to be asked which bring them down to my level and set up that win that you talked about. It seems to have a similar structure to the red herring fallacy or straw man fallacy and functions, for me, as a way to extract gratification from the environment and bolster unassailability. With the social proof heuristic, I can see how this painfully contributes to the erosion of one's identity over time. I have personally experienced this in one-to-one relationships and can observe this on a grand scale with the advent of social media. To respond to your questions on the peak-end rule heuristic:
At first, I didn't experience anything in particular when I read the paragraph. When I went back and read it the second time, I felt, with the athlete, a sense of expectation of praise which would be accompanied by further elation, enjoyment and confidence for the athlete, and then the crushing disappointment of the coach's acknowledgment not being what was expected. I think the expectation paired with the criticism is what would likely contribute to a future memory of the experience as negative. I can think specifically back to times in my life where this has happened, in both cases you mentioned. On the one hand, there have been times when I felt a criticism was inappropriate to the moment, or was unwarranted, and then on the other, I can attribute my response to my own defensiveness as opposed to the criticism being in appropriate. It's difficult to discern how much my own emotional response is at play in either scenario, though. I leaned toward agreement with the athlete, or at least more understanding of his/her experience in attributing the performance as a failure. My opinion of that is that this would be the most understandable way to recall that experience though not necessarily right. Admittedly, I am getting tangled in the question you asked. The influence of my own opinon, I think, generated the peak-end rule heuristic both in minimizing it at first due to my lack of emotional experience of it, or numbness to it, and in the second reading, in weighting the athlete's experience more heavily than the coach's due to my connection with his experience, which lends to insufficient understanding of both parties involved.