VIP Class Notes (Jacob) [W]

Write about how the bandwagon effect might make people make a poor decision.

Vocabulary

Rub it in – to show off about something and make it worse by comparing it to someone
eg. I have a new car. It’s much better than yours because its faster.

Bandwagon effect – a psychological phenomenon in which people do something primarily because other people are doing it, regardless of their own beliefs, which they may ignore or override.
Monkey see, monkey do – you copy what you see being done

Grammar

I haven’t don’t have to come to the office

Original 

The American Psychological Association defines industrial and organizational psychology as the “scientific study of human behavior in organizations and the work place.” It’s interesting that most of time we think we are rational, but actually we are not. We are using our instincts to help us handle things in our daily lives. At last, we build up our pattern unconsciously, which make us or our behavior predictable.

For example, we tend to compare things in order to judge them, and we like to compare things that are easy to compare. Our comparisons generally follow the path of least resistance. Imaging that you have to buy a house, one you have to renovate a little bit but the seller will provide you a discount accordingly, the other one does not need any extra work. Probably, you will choose the latter. Maybe you do not know a lot about the differences between these two houses. But you have a feeling that one does not need extra work while the other does. One is better than another, so you pick the better one. That is also why you should hang out with people who are less attractive than you are. They are your decoys.

Edited

The American Psychological Association defines industrial and organizational psychology as the “scientific study of human behavior in organizations and the workplace.” It’s interesting that most of the time we think we are rational, but actually we are not. We are using our instincts to help us handle things in our daily lives. At last, we build up our pattern unconsciously, which makes us or our behavior predictable.

For example, we tend to compare things in order to judge them, and we like to compare things that are easy to compare. Our comparisons generally follow the path of least resistance. Imaging that you have to buy a house, one you have to renovate a little bit but the seller will provide you a discount accordingly, the other one does not need any extra work. Probably, you will choose the latter. Maybe you do not know a lot about the differences between these two houses, but you have a feeling that one does not need extra work while the other does. One is better than the other, so you pick the better one. That is also why you should hang out with people who are less attractive than you are. They are your decoys.