Advice Goddess Radio, LIVE SHOW! Tonight, 7-8pm PT, 10-11pm ET: Dr. Christopher Chabris On How Our Intuitions Deceive Us
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Tonight's show is on one of my favorite topics -- irrationality.
We like to believe our decisions are rationally driven and make sense. But constantly, our perception and decision-making are clouded by illusions we aren't even aware we have. Some of these include illusions of accuracy in our attention, memory, confidence, and knowledge. These illusions can lead us to make costly -- and even deadly -- errors.
The good news is, by understanding what these illusions are and how we fall prey to them, we can avoid doing it (or at least do it far less), make more rationally-based decisions, and live smarter overall.
To help us do that, my guest tonight, psychologist and researcher Dr. Christopher Chabris is half of the team (with psychologist and researcher Dan Simons) who did the famous and hilarious "invisible gorilla experiment." It's also the title of their fascinating book, "The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us."
On tonight's show, we'll be discussing this experiment and others, why we are so convinced we're perceiving situations correctly when we're doing anything but, and how we can stop that and live like the rational animals we believe ourselves to be.
Listen at this link from 7-8 pm Pacific, 10-11 pm Eastern, or download the podcast afterward:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon/2013/11/04/dr-christopher-chabris-how-intuition-can-lead-us-astray
Don't miss last week's show, which overturns many of the myths long-held about how to negotiate.
There have been two major schools on negotiating -- Ury, Fisher and Patton's "win-win"/"relationships are everything" approach and Roger Cohen's "nail 'em to the wall" hardball approach.
Harvard Business School professor Michael Wheeler finds that these rigid, one-size-fits-all strategies often clash with the real-world realities of negotiating. Drawing on his and his colleagues' research, he finds that the most successful negotiating techniques are born of an ability to adapt while negotiating, and use agility, creativity, and wise preparation.
He'll advise us all on how to adapt (and do all the rest) in order to win in negotiation, the subject of his book we'll be discussing on the show, "The Art of Negotiation: How to Improvise Agreement in a Chaotic World."
Listen at this link or download the podcast:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon/2013/10/28/harvards-michael-wheeler-adaptation-is-key-to-negotiation
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Enjoyable show. It confirmed some of the biases, issues and concerns I've run into.
Some of the comments I wanted to add. In reference to the Connelly case:
I've been to some classes on being a Concealed Carry Holder. One of the instructors stressed how stress effects human perception. They have found that many people, without practice in stressful situations, will develop tunnel vision and "tunnel hearing".
This is true of both soldiers in combat and the "casual" CCW holder walking into a robbery. They will see the bad guy forty feet in front of them but never notice the guy fifteen feet to the left and fifteen feet in front of them.
And then as far as concentration and multi-tasking (ref: gorilla film):
I used to keep bags of candy on a shelf at the back back of my office. My co-workers knew it was there and available for the taking. I would be sitting there and working on a programming issue and never notice that different people had come and gone. That is how intent my focus can get.
As for messed up memories:
I have seen more than once that people mis-remember things. But I do my best not to criticize, because I know I have been guilty of it as well.
But all in all, another one to keep at the top of the archives.
Jim P. at November 3, 2013 9:09 PM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/11/03/advice_goddess_137.html#comment-4028774">comment from Jim P.Thanks so much - and sorry I couldn't see the chat room!
Amy Alkon
at November 3, 2013 10:24 PM
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