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Assignment:

Can you Discuss the experiment you found to be the most surprising and unexpected. In retrospect, can you think of examples when you were unknowingly influenced by such subtle factors? Additionally, or alternatively, can you think of examples when the decisions of others in your everyday life lacked rationality due to what he called "cognitive illusions", but you had been able to detect and avoid being influenced?

• How and in what ways is this important to consider as a graduate student? Be specific.
• Finally, how and in what ways may this be relevant to you as you progress professionally?

Ariely (2008) presents ten examples of irrational decision-making. Some are based on rigorous scientific studies while others are small-scale experiments. Perhaps you found some to be amusing, surprising, thought-provoking, predictable, unexpected, or even disturbing.

Discuss the experiment you found to be the most surprising and unexpected. In retrospect, can you think of examples when you were unknowingly influenced by such subtle factors? Additionally, or alternatively, can you think of examples when the decisions of others in your everyday life lacked rationality due to what he called "cognitive illusions", but you had been able to detect and avoid being influenced?

• How and in what ways is this important to consider as a graduate student? Be specific.
• Finally, how and in what ways may this be relevant to you as you progress professionally?

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