Why clever people make stupid decisions

inbuit(built-in) adj.

bias n.

biased/unbiased adj.

defy v.


good sense

cognitive adj.

extract v./n.

when it comes to ...

ridiculous adj.

capacity n.

ability

capability

rational adj.

a rational explanation/discussion/decision/act

IQ(intelligence quotient)

abstract adj./n.

reason v./n.

try to understand and to make judgments based on practical facts

crucial adj.

vital

significant

matter

weigh up

override v.

intuitive adj.

astray adj./adv.

I was led astray by the map.

shed light on


catastrophe n.

disaster n.


intriguingly adv.

evade v.

plague vt./n.

gut reaction 本能反应

gut n.

widget n.

instinctively adv.

instinct n.

jump to 立即

amend v.

counter-intuitive adj.

counterclockwise adj.

counterproductive adj.

counteract v.

counteropaart n.

deduction n.

marital staus

encounter v.

guise n.

disguise v.

get sb. wrong 误解

deliberative adj.

spontaneous adj.

default mechanism 默认的机制

trip sb. up

sway v./n.

stereotype n./v.

derial v.

uncritically adv.

critical adj.

at the root of 根本上

susceptibility n.

candidate n.

quotient n.

a particular degree or amount of sth.

assess v.

evaluation

appraisal

side-step v. 避开

work out

likelihood n.

metacognition n. 元认知

validity n.

valid adj.

self-awareness n.

distraction n.

distract

distracted

clutter up 弄乱

working memory

memory that involves storing, focusing attention on, and manipulating information for a relatively short period of time

fall back on 求助于

reverence n.

rest on 停留/依靠

laurel n.

by definition

score v./n.

fall into debt 负债

inadvertenly adv.

rash adj.

deliberation n.

deliberate adj.

correlation n.

exception n.

which just goes to say 也就是说

in other words

pop into one's head 突然产生的念头