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Consumption
Everything on this site about consumption — each one naming the study behind it.
- You consume more when portion sizes are labeled as units.The unit bias explains why people eat or use more when a quantity is presented as a single item.…
- You can be nudged into expensive choices by irrelevant options.A 1982 study found that adding an inferior decoy option significantly increases the preference for a more expensive pr…
- A single new possession creates a spiral of forced consumption.The Diderot effect describes how a new item that deviates from your existing lifestyle leads to a cycle of purchasing …