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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Psychological bias"”.
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An evaluation of the prescriptive utility of psychological bias theory in international relations
I evaluate the practical utility of psychological bias theory by examining two historical cases - the US decision to cross the 38th parallel in 1950 and the British policy of appeasement towards Germany in the 1930s - asking in each of these whether the theory could have helped policymakers to make …
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Operating room utilization and turnover behavioral study
… by the OR workload, and proved there was a psychological bias of OR staff to make decisions based on increasing clinical work per unit time during the hours they are assigned. This research complements current OR management study by introducing better and new methods for OR operational …
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The Most Important Election of Our Lifetime
… deliver. </p><p>Next, Chapter 3 argues that a psychological bias called focalism contributes to an overestimation of the differences between political candidates, which in turn increases participation and polarization. Focalism causes people to confuse the allocation of attention to things with …