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Avoiding Small Mistakes (and big ones)
Applying lessons from real life to test prep, and vice versa
Mar 21
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Mike McGibbon
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Loss Aversion: Time Is Money
Why students struggle with time management, and why tutors struggle to help them with it.
Jan 31
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Mike McGibbon
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Hunter-Gatherers, Wedding Planners, and Gamblers
The virtues of expected value
Nov 29, 2023
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Mike McGibbon
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Confirmation Bias
When System 2 goes rogue
Nov 14, 2023
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Mike McGibbon
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Overconfidence
Feeling right isn't the same as being right
Oct 5, 2023
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Mike McGibbon
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How Mistakes Happen
Decision Hygiene #6: The "internal feeling of completion"
Sep 13, 2023
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Mike McGibbon
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Availability Bias
Why students hate redoing missed questions
Aug 18, 2023
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Mike McGibbon
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The Halo Effect
Decision Hygiene, part four: Matt Damon, handsome candidates, and jumping answers
Aug 3, 2023
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Mike McGibbon
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Our Most Common Cognitive Error?
Decision Hygiene #3: Substitution
Jul 20, 2023
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Mike McGibbon
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Our Most Common Cognitive Error?
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System One and System Two
Decision Hygiene: Two Modes Of Thought
May 9, 2023
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Mike McGibbon
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Decision Hygiene
Cognitive Biases and Test Prep Strategy
May 3, 2023
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Mike McGibbon
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