Quotes by Psychologists

An investment said to have an 80% chance of success sounds far more attractive than one with a 20% chance of failure. The mind can't easily recognize that they are the same. Daniel Kahneman
Success Failure Mind Easily Recognize More Investment Attractive Said Sounds Than Same Far Chance
I think one of the major results of the psychology of decision making is that people's attitudes and feelings about losses and gains are really not symmetric. So we really feel more pain when we lose $10,000 than we feel pleasure when we get $10,000. Daniel Kahneman
People Decision Feelings Lose Pain Think Pleasure About More Results Feel Major Attitudes Making Losses Than Get Psychology Decision-Making Gains Really
Banks are run by executives, and executives protect themselves, and that does not always mean that banks are going to behave rationally. Daniel Kahneman
Run Rationally Protect Executives Does Always Behave Going Banks Mean Themselves
It doesn't take many observations to think you've spotted a trend, and it's probably not a trend at all. Daniel Kahneman
You Trend Think Take Observations Many
We're beautiful devices. The devices work well; we're all experts in what we do. But when the mechanism fails, those failures can tell you a lot about how the mind works. Daniel Kahneman
Work Beautiful You Mind Those Tell About Fails Failures Devices Well How Lot Experts Works Mechanism
Psychologists really aim to be scientists, white-coat stuff, with elaborate statistics, running experiments. Daniel Kahneman
Aim Statistics Running Stuff Scientists Experiments Psychologists Elaborate Really
If you think in terms of major losses, because losses loom much larger than gains - that's a very well-established finding - you tend to be very risk-averse. When you think in terms of wealth, you tend to be much less risk-averse. Daniel Kahneman
You Wealth Think Finding Tend Major Terms Loom Because Losses Very Than Gains Much Less Larger
We know that the French are very different from the Americans in their satisfaction with life. They're much less satisfied. Americans are pretty high up there, while the French are quite low - the world champions in life satisfaction are actually the Danes. Daniel Kahneman
Life World Satisfied High Pretty Know French Up Very American Quite Different While Low Much Less Satisfaction Actually Champions
You know, the standard state for people is 'mildly pleasant.' Negative emotions are quite rare, and extremely positive emotions are rare. But people are mildly pleased most of the time, they're mildly tired a lot of the time, and they wish they were somewhere else a substantial part of the time - but mostly they're mildly pleased. Daniel Kahneman
Positive Time Tired You People Emotions Negative Rare Somewhere Wish Else Pleasant State Pleased Extremely Somewhere Else Part Know Most Mostly Were Lot Quite Substantial Standard
Although professionals are able to extract a considerable amount of wealth from amateurs, few stock pickers, if any, have the skill needed to beat the market consistently, year after year. Daniel Kahneman
Wealth Year Few Extract Considerable Market Consistently Able Beat Although Amateur Stock Any After Skill Professionals Amount Needed
Divorced women, compared to married women, are less satisfied with their lives, which is not surprising. But they're actually more cheerful, when you look at the average mood they're in in the course of the day. Daniel Kahneman
Day You Women Satisfied Mood Married More Divorced Look Cheerful Course Surprising Women Are Which Average Less Compared Lives Actually
My impression is that the elimination of memories greatly reduces the value of the experience. Daniel Kahneman
Memories Experience Value Impression Greatly Elimination
Organizations may be better able to tame optimism than individuals are. Daniel Kahneman
Better Able Individuals Tame Optimism Than May Organizations
The simplest definition of advertising, and one that will probably meet the test of critical examination, is that advertising is selling in print. Daniel Starch
Will Meet Definition Critical Examination Simplest Advertising Print Test Selling In Print
Two common conceptions with regard to advertising which are held by a considerable number of people are that enormously large sums of money are expended for it, and that much of this expenditure is an economic waste. Daniel Starch
People Money Considerable Sums Economic Advertising Expenditure Common Regard Which Much Held Large Large Sums Waste Number Two
Try out your ideas by visualizing them in action. David Seabury
Try Action Out Visualizing Ideas Them Your
Manage yourself first and others will take your orders. David Seabury
Yourself Will First Others Take Manage Orders Your
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible. David Viscott
Life Faith Man Try Will Believe Possible Only He Merely Between Often The Only Thing Wants Stands Thing
A home is a place in time. And no place stays the same after you finally grow up and leave it. No place can ever change as much as the person who grows up there. David Viscott
Time Home You Change Finally Stays Leave Up Person Same After Place Much Who Grow Grow Up Ever Grows
Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors. David Viscott
Life Reading Entertaining Proper Diversion Empty None Up Authors Spaces Useful Fill
Lists have always implied social order. David Viscott
Implied Always Lists Order Social Social Order
People now feel time accelerating. Lists allow them to feel some sense of accomplishment. David Viscott
Time People Sense Some Allow Feel Accelerate Accomplishment Lists Them Now
Although everyone fights, few people know how to have a good argument, an argument that clears the air and makes it less likely a future argument will take place on the same subject. David Viscott
Future Good People Will Argument Few Everyone Air Take Clears Know Likely Although Makes How Subject Same Few People Place Fights Less
Before you decide to have an argument, think about what you really want to accomplish. Do you just want to let your feelings out, or is there a point you are trying to make? What is it? David Viscott
You Argument Feelings Before Think Out About Point Make Accomplish Trying Just Want Decide Really Your
In other relationships, it may be permissible to overpower people, but not between people who are living together. That relationship is supposed to be between equals. David Viscott
Relationship Together People Living Other Relationships Between Supposed Equals Permissible May Who
Each child should try to see in his parents the children they previously were. Each parent should try to see in his child the adult he seems to be becoming. David Viscott
Try Parents See Parent Seems Adult He Becoming Were His Child Children Should Each
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