Standing by the 'Craiglist Killer' Newsweek Voices - Wray Herbert Newsweek.com
MIND MATTERS
Standing By Their Men
Why women like the fiancée of the alleged 'Craigslist killer' defend their loved ones, even when it may seem irrational to do so.
Wray Herbert
Excerpts:
Here are just a few of the known cognitive mechanisms that might be at work when a woman makes the seemingly irrational decision to stand by her man:
The status-quo bias.
The endowment effect.
Cognitive dissonance.
Loss aversion.
It's not all bad psychological news for McAllister. The human mind may be irrational and almost delusional at times, but it is also very protective. Right now she might be finding it impossible to imagine ever recovering, but psychological science shows that humans are terrible emotional forecasters. The fact is bad events never make us as unhappy as we think they will. Emotional equilibrium almost always returns, given some time.
Read full article:http://www.newsweek.com/id/195451
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This posting was made my Jim Jacobs, President & CEO of Jacobs Executive Advisors. Jim also serves as Leader of Jacobs Advisors' Insurance Practice.
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