News tagged with overconfidence
Does power cloud one's ability to make good decisions?
Grave consequences can result from bad decisions made by people in leadership positions. Case in point: the 2009 Gulf of Mexico oil rig disaster. British Petroleum (BP) executives had downplayed potential risks associated ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Mar 01, 2012 |
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Men's honest overconfidence may lead to male domination in the C-suite
A study conducted by Columbia Business School's Prof. Ernesto Reuben, Assistant Professor, Management, alongside Pedro Rey-Biel, Associate Professor, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Paola Sapienza, Associate Professor, ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Study: Self-delusion may be a winning survival strategy
Harbouring a mistakenly inflated belief that we can easily meet challenges or win conflicts is actually good for us, a new study suggests.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Overconfidence Among Teenage Students Can Stunt Crucial Reading Skills
(PhysOrg.com) -- Too much confidence among teenage students can be harmful. In a study that reinforces the danger of indiscriminately bolstering a child's self esteem -- whether the child earns that distinction or not -- ...
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Jul 29, 2009 |
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The crisis of shareholder primacy
If we want to prevent the next financial crisis, a new model of corporate governance is needed to replace shareholder primacy in financial institutions. Gates Scholar Mike Marin explains why.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Optimism helps females achieve higher grades - males score lower when overconfident: study
Female students who were more optimistic achieved significantly higher grades than their less optimistic peers, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers. For male students, however, ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Advanced mathematical techniques enable AUVs to survey large, complex and cluttered seascapes
Since the 1970s, when early autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) were developed at MIT, Institute scientists have tackled various barriers to robots that can travel autonomously in the deep ocean. This fo ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Is the true 'wisdom of the crowd' to copy successful individuals?
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research published today on crowd wisdom — the statistical phenomenon by which varied individual guesses produce uncannily accurate average answers — has shed light on why we have a bias to ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Internet archivist seeks 1 of every book written
(AP) -- Tucked away in a small warehouse on a dead-end street, an Internet pioneer is building a bunker to protect an endangered species: the printed word.
Aug 01, 2011 |
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National crowdsourcing project to better predict world events
If intelligence agencies could have accurately predicted the events of 9/11, imagine how world history would have changed.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 28, 2011 |
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Learning to love the irrational mind
In his seven years as a New York Times op-ed columnist, David Brooks has witnessed the full range of politicians’ charms. He has seen Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney memorize the first names ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 14, 2011 |
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Predicting the stock market with Google
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two University of Notre Dame business professors continue to be recognized for their research that examines the correlation between Google search frequency and investor attention.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Long-term couples know less about each other
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has unexpectedly found that couples married for over 40 years know less about each other than couples who have been together for just a couple of years.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 20, 2010 |
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The psychology of financial decision making and economic crises
How could the current financial crisis have happened? While fingers have been pointing to greedy banks, subprime-loan officers, and sloppy credit card practices, these are not the only contributors to the economic downturn. ...
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Sep 22, 2010 |
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