Predictably Irrational: Our Effort to Understand Human Behavior

Chapter 9: The Effect of Expectations


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As an introduction, we talk about a few examples of why there are different opinions about the same scene.Then, a scientist tested whether the predictions would influence subsequent views of the event. Specifically, they asked whether a pub patron's prediction of the taste of a certain beer would affect his or her perception of that beer. Finally, we conducted an experiment to see if and to what extent the experience changes as knowledge is acquired. This story summarizes the relationship between knowledge and taste.

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Predictably Irrational: Our Effort to Understand Human BehaviorBy Ross Miller