Mind vs Brain - Leveraging Psychology and Biases in Web Development
- 1. Mind vs. Brain How to leverage psychology to help us be better at out jobs. Rob Bollons • @robbollons • thenorthcode.net
- 2. • How to make better decisions. • Improving motivation. • Improving general wellbeing. • Secret to making the best cup of coffee in the world. What’s This All About Then?
- 4. ‘We can just list the reasons why re-writing is the much better option’.
- 5. Confirmation Bias: People favour information that confirms their beliefs.
- 6. ‘we have spent a lot of time fixing bugs and adding features, It would be crazy to waste all that time and effort on re-writing it’ In relation to dealing with legacy issues…
- 7. Sunk Cost Fallacy: Having already invested so much in a project it is hard to abandon it despite a high likelihood for it to fail.
- 8. List of Biases • Ambiguity effect - The tendency to avoid options for which missing information makes the probability seem "unknown. • Anchoring - he tendency to rely too heavily, or "anchor," on one trait or piece of information when making decisions (usually the first piece of information that we acquire on that subject) • Backfire effect - When people react to disconfirming evidence by strengthening their beliefs. • Bias blind spot - The tendency to see oneself as less biased than other people, or to be able to identify more cognitive biases in others than in oneself • Decoy effect - Preferences for either option A or B changes in favor of option B when option C is presented, which is similar to option B but in no way better. • Distinction bias - The tendency to view two options as more dissimilar when evaluating them simultaneously than when evaluating them separately • Focusing effect - The tendency to place too much importance on one aspect of an event • Framing effect - Drawing different conclusions from the same information, depending
- 9. How Can We Avoid Making These Mistakes • Admitting that there’s a problem. • Approach critical decisions with caution. • Decision making models.
- 10. National Decision Making Model
- 12. Ikea Effect • We place disproportionately greater value on our own creations. • Derived from the idea of self-assembled IKEA furniture.
- 13. Breaking down work into smaller chunks – the right thing to do? • Might affect motivation in larger teams. • Lack of ownership • Loose the ability to see ‘the bigger picture’
- 15. Simple Things to Improve Your Work Environment • Plants • Paint walls • Decorate your desk
- 24. Summary
- 25. What to Take Away. • Find the a balance for when to be rational and when to be human. • Improve your wellbeing - pimp your office. • Climb more mountains (sober).
- 26. Sources Dan Arielys’ TED Talk - http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_what_makes_us_feel_good_about_our_work National Decision Making - Modelhttp://www.acpo.police.uk/documents/president/201201pbandm.pdf
- 27. How to Make the Best Cup of Coffee in the World
- 29. Cheers for listening! Rob Bollons • @robbollons • thenorthcode.net