Biases and Heuristics, Cognitive Psychology

Simplicity Bias Explains A Fickle Electorate, the 2024 Election, and the 2025 Off-Year Elections

8 November 2025 — 15 Comments

Behavior Economics, Biases and Heuristics

Understanding Trump Support: How Cognitive Biases Distort Reality for Many Voters

21 September 2024 — 33 Comments

Behavior Economics, Biases and Heuristics

Election 2022: Fuck Around with the Status Quo and Find Out Election

25 September 2022 — 14 Comments

Behavior Economics, Biases and Heuristics

Defund the Police and Emotional Decision Making

17 November 2020 — 11 Comments

Behavior Economics, Biases and Heuristics

Biden or Trump: The Easier Question and Intensity Matching

9 August 2020 — 8 Comments

Behavior Economics, Biases and Heuristics, Framing Effect

Election 2020: The Dominance of the Media Narrative

15 June 2019 — 17 Comments

Behavior Economics, Biases and Heuristics, Loss Aversion, Peak-End Rule

The Three Psychological Tendencies that the GOP Cynically Exploited to Bolster Support for Kavanaugh and Demean Dr. Ford

2 October 2018 — 4 Comments

Behavior Economics, Biases and Heuristics

Deflecting to Clinton: the Diabolically Effective Strategy of the Ol’ Pussy Grabber!

31 October 2017 — 9 Comments

Behavior Economics, Biases and Heuristics

The Louise Linton Social Media Brouhaha Explained Using Psychology, Snark, Sarcasm, and Profanity

26 August 2017 — 6 Comments

Behavior Economics, Biases and Heuristics, Quick Thought

Quickie: Fox News Illusory Explanations Entrap Conservative White Voters

30 April 2017 — 7 Comments

Behavior Economics, Biases and Heuristics

HealthCare & Taxes: How We Deal with Complexity

11 March 2017 — 11 Comments

Biases and Heuristics

The Muslin Band Meets Reality: the Dept. of Homeland Security Report

4 March 2017 — 3 Comments