Fear of losses outweighing the pleasure of gains, leading to risk aversion and poor decision-making, as people tend to prefer avoiding losses over acquiring equivalent gains.
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Similar ideas to Trap -5:Loss Aversion
We weigh negatives twice as heavily as positives. This is similar to loss aversion: We prefer avoiding losses than acquiring equivalent gains.
Loss aversion focuses narrowly on losses and gains, however, while subjective magnitude broadly considers positive and negative events.
A backwards technique of motivation is exploiting the preference to avoid losses over acquiring gains. Making people aware that they will lose something if the activity isn’t completed is a fear-based but effective method of external motivation.
Example: Making people pay a fine if the...
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