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We all make bad decisions sometimes, but knowing why this happens can help. Learn the reasons for bad decisions and what you can do to make better choices.| Verywell Mind
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The representativeness heuristic is a mental shortcut for making decisions or judgments. Learn how it impacts thinking and sometimes leads to bias.| Verywell Mind
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Analysis paralysis means that you overthink decisions, which makes it more difficult to make a decision. Learn more about how to handle analysis paralysis.| Verywell Mind
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The decision-making process is often susceptible to errors, fallacies, and biases. Learn more about some of the decision-making problems we face.| Verywell Mind
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Learn about the availability heuristic, a type of mental shortcut that involves basing judgments on info and examples that quickly come to mind.| Verywell Mind
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Consumer psychology studies how and why we buy certain goods and services. Learn more about what a consumer psychologist does.| Verywell Mind
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Short-term memory is the capacity to store a small amount of information in mind and keep it available for a short time. It is also called active memory.| Verywell Mind
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The brain has a built-in negative bias that causes us to focus on bad things. This negativity bias can have an impact on our behavior and decisions.| Verywell Mind