Being a part of the Newristics team changes the way employees interact with the world around them. They not only experience a greater understanding of human decision-making but also ameliorate their understanding of their own selves by virtue of being able to recognize every heuristic they personally use to make decisions! Every employee at Newristics is a heuristician, and a better person because of it! Meet our team and read about their favorite heuristic!
Gaurav Kapoor
President
Attribute Substitution
We unconsciously avoid making a complex or difficult decision with an easier one because we believe that doing something is better than doing nothing which is not always true.
Channing Stave
Chief Operating Officer
Enormousity
If a task seems too large to solve, humans more likely will give up on it, and leave others in higher positions to solve them.
Art McKee
Chief Revenue Officer
Chance Illusion
Humans underestimate the number of chances at the same thing that they'll get during their lifetimes.
Judy Friefield
Chief Financial Officer
Confirmation Bias
We interpret evidence in a way that confirms our existing beliefs and ignore or avoid contradictory evidence, and this often prevents us from making the best decision.
Monica Lichwick
Functional Fixedness
We assume that an object can only be used for its intended purpose and has no other value just because we have never tried to use it for any other purpose. However, others may have found alternate purpose that we are just unaware of.
Meg Hessel
Background Contrast Effect
We will show a greater preference for an option if there is a clearly inferior option to compare it to,otherwise we would not.
Bill Engler
Egocentric Bias
We may take more personal credit for a group outcome than an external observer would give us.
Shaikat Sen
Opportunity Cost Neglect
A dollar saved is a dollar earned, but we neglect the value of a dollar saved and spend it right back.
Cheryl Palay
Disjunctive Rule
We establish acceptable minimums as cutoff points for certain attributes of a product rather than judge it on all attributes, as a whole.
Jim Vielee
Happy People, Happy Choices
When we are in a good mood, we make optimistic choices, but when we are in a bad mood, we make pessimistic ones, even though we should not let our mood determine our choices.
Tyler Correll
Optimism Bias
We are often more optimistic about our future prospects than the data suggests we should be.
Tammy Ryerson
Actor-Observer Bias
We attribute other people’s behavior to their personality, but our own behavior to situational factors,and therefore, frequently apply a double standard.
Amy Nelson
Current Moment Bias
We would rather experience pleasure in the moment and leave pain for later, even though it's not always the best thing to do.
April McCormick
Peak-End Rule
We may judge an experience almost entirely on its qualities at its peak and ending, disregarding elements such as net pleasantness and duration.
Carl Hormann
Accountability Bias
We make decisions based on how well they can be justified to others, rather than making an objective decision.
Catherine Loden
Ratio Preference Bias
We prefer probabilities expressed as a simple ratio vs. a percentage, even though they express the same probabilities.
Chantal Louw
Reciprocity
We respond to a positive action with another positive action, rather than objectively deciding the best action.
Dana Kresojevich
Ambiguity Aversion
Humans prefer options with fewer unknowns and avoid options with missing information.
Diana Sharkey
Frequency Illusion
Once we become aware of a particular phenomenon, we start seeing it more frequently and perceive it as more frequent than it actually is.
Diane Burgess
Group Think
We are more likely to "go with the flow" when working as a team simply to maintain harmony because we don't like to be the one to create group conflict.
Gillian Ruehl
Loss Aversion
We prefer to not lose what we have even if it is to get something better.
Ian Miller
Spotlight Effect
Humans think they are in the spotlight, with people focusing on their physical appearance and presentation, more often than they actually are.
Karen Vielee
Authority
We tend to blindly follow those in positions of authority, regardless of whether she/he is right or wrong.
Katie Reed
Imprinting
Some of our behaviors are direct results of certain childhood experiences that continue to impact our minds and our lives.
Lisa Baer
Status Quo Bias
We like things to stay relatively the same and fear the risk of change will not be worth it, but sometimes we don't even consider the potential benefits!
Maria Briseno
Power of Free
We prefer “free” goods even if there is a cost to acquiring them and they are not really "free".
Natalie Guarna
Compromaxing
Sometimes we want it all, and don't want to give up anything to get there.
Perry Erlichman
Rule of Consistency
We feel we need to maintain and project a consistent image of ourselves and sometimes go overboard to do so.
Rex Parks
Anchoring
We rely too heavily on the first piece of information and make judgments based on it, just because it was the first piece and not because it is in any way more important than the subsequent pieces of information.
Sharanya Kumar
Hyperbolic Discounting
Humans strongly prefer immediate rather than later payoffs, even if the later payoff is larger.
Tiffany Shomer
Projective Satisficing
We believe that if something is good enough for a peer, then it is good enough for us too, even though that may not be the case.
Courtney Soucy
Vibe Bias
Humans are drawn to others who share their thoughts and beliefs as they feel empowered by the external validation.
Jason Knies
Chameleon Effect
Humans unconsciously mimic the behaviors of those they interact with.
Danielle Gershman
Priming Effect
Humans are influenced by recent stimuli when eliciting thoughts or actions. E.g., seeing the word yellow will make them seek banana when selecting fruits.
Callie Duque
Subtraction Blindness
Humans tend to select solutions that add new elements rather than those that take away elements when faced with a problem.