Tag Archive for: motivated reasoning
Can We Learn to Disagree Better? with Adam Grant
Blog, Corporate Culture, Podcast, Speak-Up and Call-Out CultureIn this episode of the The Economist Asks podcast, host Anne McElvoy is joined by Adam Grant.
New Behavioral Science One Sheet: Motivated Reasoning
BlogOur newest topic is "Motivated Reasoning" explaining how the process by which we make decisions is less like a judge who carefully evaluates all the facts and arrives at a well-reasoned judgment and more like a lawyer who advocates for a particular outcome.
How do people change their minds about issues?
BlogHow do people change their minds about issues?
A respected colleague asked over lunch and it prompted me to write some thoughts down. Belief change and behavior change (page on that coming soon) can both be instrumental in ethical systems…