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The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, also known as the Crash of '08 and the Lehman Shock, on September 15, 2008, was the climax of the subprime mortgage crisis.
Truth-default theory (TDT) is a communication theory which predicts and explains the use of veracity and deception detection in humans. It was developed upon the discovery of the veracity effect - whereby the proportion of truths versus lies presented in a judgement study on deception will drive accuracy rates.
In psychology and cognitive science, a memory bias is a cognitive bias that either enhances or impairs the recall of a memory (either the chances that the memory will be recalled at all, or the amount of time it takes for it to be recalled, or both), or that alters the content of a reported memory. There are many types of memory bias, including:
A status quo bias or default bias is a cognitive bias which results from a preference for the maintenance of one's existing state of affairs. [1] The current baseline (or status quo) is taken as a reference point, and any change from that baseline is perceived as a loss or gain.
Minibond are not bonds, but financial derivatives based on credit default swaps (CDS), which are high-risk financial investment products. They were a brand name for a series of structured financial notes issued in Hong Kong and Singapore under control of Lehman Brothers.
The default effect, a concept within the study of nudge theory, explains the tendency for an agent to generally accept the default option in a strategic interaction. [1] The default option is the course of action that the agent, or chooser, will obtain if he or she does not specify a particular course of action. [ 2 ]
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Default heuristic: In real world models, it is common for consumers to apply this heuristic when selecting the default option regardless of whether the option was their preference. [ 48 ] Educated guess heuristic: When an individual responds to a decision using relevant information they have stored relating to the problem.