How Not to be Tricked

No one likes to be tricked. But it still happens sometimes, and some of us have friends who are tricked all the time. What’s lacking here is a better way to make decisions and not get tricked. In this episode, we discuss:  

- The disinformation and misinformation landscape 

- Common practices that trick people

- Implications for people, leaders and organizations

Links and Other Information

The “dirty dozen” -- article from NPR on the 12 people behind most vaccine hoaxes

Idea of “pre-bunking” as discussed by the BBC

The Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab: website 

Drummond, C., & Fischhoff, B. (2017). Development and validation of the scientific reasoning scale. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 30(1), 26-38. Click here

Anderson, C. A., Lepper, M. R., & Ross, L. (1980). Perseverance of social theories: The role of explanation in the persistence of discredited information. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 39(6), 1037. Click here

Controlling the spread of misinformation: article from APA Monitor

One basic way to think about risk

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