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#592 - Richard Shotton - 8 Fascinating Psychological Biases
Modern Wisdom
The Confessional and Uncertain Rewards
Psychologist BS Skinner says it's better to reward the behavior that you want with an uncertain and variable reward rather than a fixed one. We are more motivated by this variable reward than a fixed ones, according to Fishback study. You can harness this bias by creating moments of reappraisal in your own life - which is what she calls 'the confessional'
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