We know that brainstorming in a group setting is not always…

We know that brainstorming in a group setting is not always advantageous, especially because only one person can speak at a time, causing people to forget their own ideas because they were listening to someone else, or miss what others are saying because they are focusing on their own ideas. This is an example of a process loss known as:

Think back to an in-class example where I asked half the cla…

Think back to an in-class example where I asked half the class to write about dental pain, and half the class to write about mortality. After that writing exercise, the people who wrote about mortality in the first place completed more word fragments in a way that was related to death (e.g., given the letters S K _ _ L, people wrote “skull” instead of “skill). This is an example of:

Best Buy is having a great sale on a TV- the price seems too…

Best Buy is having a great sale on a TV- the price seems too good to be true! When you go to the store to take advantage of the deal, the salesperson says that they’re already sold out of that TV, but they have another model at a higher price. Because you’re already at the store, you decide to just buy the more expensive TV. In this situation, you’ve just fallen victim to: