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Choice Factory, The: 25 behavioural biases that influence what we buy

Paperback by Shotton, Richard

Choice Factory, The: 25 behavioural biases that influence what we buy

£14.99

ISBN:
9780857196095
Publication Date:
12 Feb 2018
Language:
English
Publisher:
Harriman House Publishing
Pages:
220 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 7 - 8 Aug 2026
Choice Factory, The: 25 behavioural biases that influence what we buy

Description

Uncover the psychological shortcuts that shape every decision you make - and learn how to use them in business. Voted #1 in the BBH World Cup of Advertising Books Winner of the Sales and Marketing Category at the Business Book Awards Before you can influence decisions, you need to understand what drives them. The Choice Factory is an essential read for anyone who wants to learn. By observing a typical day of decision-making, from trivial food choices to significant work-place moves, behavioural science expert Richard Shotton investigates how our behaviour is shaped by psychological shortcuts. With a clear focus on the marketing potential of knowing what makes us tick, he draws on evidence from academia, real-life ad campaigns and his own original research. Entertaining and highly accessible, The Choice Factory is made up of 25 short chapters, each addressing a cognitive bias and outlining simple ways to apply it to your own marketing challenges. Shotton interviews some of the smartest and most influential thinkers in advertising, including Rory Sutherland, Lucy Jameson and Mark Earls. Covering everything from priming to the pratfall effect, charm pricing to the curse of knowledge, with The Choice Factory as your guide it has never been easier to apply the science of behavioural economics to marketing. 'Actionable, memorable and powerful' - Seth Godin, bestselling author of This is Marketing

Contents

Preface Introduction The 25 Biases 1. The Fundamental Attribution Error 2, Social Proof 3. Negative Social Proof 4. Distinctiveness 5. Habit 6. The Pain of Payment 7. The Danger of Claimed Data 8. Mood 9. Price Relativity 10. Primacy Effect 11. Expectancy Theory 12. Confirmation Bias 13. Overconfidence 14. Wishful Seeing 15. Media Context 16. The Curse of Knowledge 17. Goodhart's Law 18. The Pratfall Effect 19. Winner's Curse 20. The Power of the Group 21. Veblen goods 22. The Replicability Crisis 23. Variability 24. Cocktail Party Effect 25. Scarcity Ethics Conclusion References Further reading Index

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