There is a fair bit of psychology research on this topic.
Generally we don’t know why we make the choices we do. And we make up something plausible.
I can’t think of the two main researchers who headed this, but I do know them. Im sure it will come to me later. I’ll post a reply with a link. I know there is a wiki on their work too.
Before them there was this famous study, I believe it was in Germany in like the 60s.
They showed women 4 pairs of panty hose. And asked the women to pick the best ones. Like a product comparison.
Except all 4 pairs were identicle.
Most women choose the pair they handled first.
When asked why the pair they picked was superior. The women said this pair was better because it had more elastic. Was thicker. Better quality. Etc.
But that wasn’t true.
They picked it because it was the first pair they were exposed to.
That sounds like Madness but it does remind me of documentary with those washermachine ball craze back when I was a child. Several humans said it improves their clothes and listed reason for it but the reality is it did nothing. Then they all backtracked when given evidence of no functional improvement. I always thought this had to be fake. But I guess humans truly can be like that. God i hope I dont do it myself.
That Might be the legit root cause of a chunk of things sadly.
There is a fair bit of psychology research on this topic.
Generally we don’t know why we make the choices we do. And we make up something plausible.
I can’t think of the two main researchers who headed this, but I do know them. Im sure it will come to me later. I’ll post a reply with a link. I know there is a wiki on their work too.
Before them there was this famous study, I believe it was in Germany in like the 60s.
They showed women 4 pairs of panty hose. And asked the women to pick the best ones. Like a product comparison.
Except all 4 pairs were identicle.
Most women choose the pair they handled first.
When asked why the pair they picked was superior. The women said this pair was better because it had more elastic. Was thicker. Better quality. Etc.
But that wasn’t true.
They picked it because it was the first pair they were exposed to.
That sounds like Madness but it does remind me of documentary with those washermachine ball craze back when I was a child. Several humans said it improves their clothes and listed reason for it but the reality is it did nothing. Then they all backtracked when given evidence of no functional improvement. I always thought this had to be fake. But I guess humans truly can be like that. God i hope I dont do it myself.
Well we all do it a little bit.
But self reflection and honesty with ourselves definitely helps.