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Behavioral Science
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Groups have powerful self-reinforcing mechanisms at work. These can lead to group polarization—a tendency for members of the group to end up in a more extreme position than they started in because they have heard the views repeated frequently.
At the extreme limit of group behavior is groupthink. This occurs when a group makes faulty decisions because group pressures lead to a deterioration of “mental efficiency, reality testing, and moral judgment.” The original work was conducted with referenc
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― The Little Book of Behavioral Investing: How not to be your own worst enemy
― The Little Book of Behavioral Investing: How not to be your own worst enemy
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Bob and I were soon joined, always on an informal basis since they were officially tied up with teaching and research, by Roy Hazelwood, a brilliant agent whose special area of expertise was interpersonal violence and who had gone down to Atlanta with me four years before to work ATKID-Major Case 30: the Atlanta Child Murders, and the equally brilliant Kenneth Lanning, who focused on crimes against children.
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― When a Killer Calls
― When a Killer Calls
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